Brian Andreas

"We lay there and looked up at the night sky and she told me about stars called blue squares and red swirls and I told her I'd never heard of them. Of course not, she said, the really important stuff they never tell you. You have to imagine it on your own."

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"We lay there and looked up at the night sky and she told me about stars called blue squares and red swirls and I told her I'd never heard of them. Of course not, she said, the really important stuff they never tell you. You have to imagine it on your own."

Brian Andreas

"Everything changed the day she figured out there was exactly enough time for the important things in her life."

Brian Andreas

"“Wanting him to come back before anyone notices part of the world has not moved since he left.”"

Brian Andreas

"“He loved her for almost everything she was & she decided that was enough to let him stay for a very long time.”"

Brian Andreas

"I read once that the ancient Egyptians had fifty words for sand & the Eskimos had a hundred words for snow. I wish I had a thousand words for love, but all that comes to mind is the way you move against me while you sleep & there are no words for that."

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"I used to wait for a sign, she said, before I did anything. Then one night I had a dream & an angel in black tights came to me & said, you can start any time now, & then I asked is this a sign? & the angel started laughing & I woke up. Now, I think the whole world is filled with signs, but if there's no laughter, I know they're not for me."

Brian Andreas

"The first time her laughter unfurled its wings in the wind, we knew that the world would never be the same”-"

Brian Andreas

"There are lives I can imagine without children but none of them have the same laughter & noise."

Brian Andreas

"I sometimes wake in the early morning & listen to the soft breathing of my child & I think to myself, this is one thing I will never regret & I carry that quiet with me all day long."

Brian Andreas

"I have a renewed commitment to elegance, she said, in case you think I'm just spending money for the fun of it."

Brian Andreas

"One day, I decided to help wherever I could & it was almost like magic, because I was exactly what the world needed everywhere I went."

Brian Andreas

"A few said they'd be horses. Most said they'd be some sort of cat. My friend said she'd like to come back as a porcupine. I don't like crowds, she said."

Brian Andreas

"Your job is to focus on my personal happiness, she said, & I've got big plans, so break time is over."

Brian Andreas

"I don't really like coffee, she said, but I don't really like it when my head hits my desk when I fall asleep either."

Brian Andreas

"If you're right & I'm not, I'm going to be hell to live with, she said. So, you better think about that next time you want to be right."

Brian Andreas

"We lay there and looked up at the night sky and she told me about stars called blue squares and red swirls and I told her I'd never heard of them. Of course not, she said, the really important stuff they never tell you. You have to imagine it on your own."

Brian Andreas

"Everything changed the day she figured out there was exactly enough time for the important things in her life."

Brian Andreas

"I'm not sure if there's one right place I'm supposed to be, he said, but I know a couple of wrong places I'd give a second try in a heartbeat."

Brian Andreas

"Wanting him to come back before anyone notices part of the world has not moved since he left."

Brian Andreas

"He loved her for almost everything she was & she decided that was enough to let him stay for a very long time."

Brian Andreas

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