You're the strangest person I ever met, she said & I said you too & we decided we'd know each other a long time. Brian Andreas More Quotes by Brian Andreas More Quotes From Brian Andreas I sometimes wake in the early morning & listen to the soft breathing of my children & I think to myself, this is one thing I will never regret & I carry that quiet with me all day long. Brian Andreas regret morning children I hope someday you see this is all life wants: for you to be your own kind of beautiful & not the kind that makes you forget who you are. Brian Andreas kind want beautiful Anyone can slay a dragon, he told me, but try waking up every morning and loving the world all over again. That's what takes a real hero. Brian Andreas real hero morning Most people don't know there are angels whose only job is to make sure you don't get too comfortable & fall asleep & miss your life. Brian Andreas self-esteem jobs fall Time stands still best in moments that look suspiciously like ordinary life. Brian Andreas photography ordinary looks 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. Brian Andreas love romantic moving When you start to crack open, don't waste a moment gathering your old self up into something like you knew before. Let your new self splash like sunlight into every dark place and laugh and cry and make sounds you never made & thank all that is holy for the gift. Brian Andreas self dark laughing I've always like the time before dawn because there's no one around to remind me who I'm supposed to be, so it's easier to remember who I am. Brian Andreas who-i-am dawn remember There are lives I can imagine without children but none of them have the same laughter & noise. Brian Andreas laughter noise children Everything changed the day she figured out there was exactly enough time for the important things in her life. Brian Andreas important enough time If you hold on to the handle, it's easier to maintain the illusion of control. But it's more fun if you just let the wind carry you. Brian Andreas illusion-of-control fun wind There are days I drop words of comfort on myself like falling leaves and remember that it is enough to be taken care of by myself. Brian Andreas taken self-esteem fall There is nothing more I ask of this life than this moment, exactly so. And suddenly forever seems like too short a time. Brian Andreas too-short moments forever There are things you do because they feel right and they may make no sense and they may make no money and it may be the real reason we are here: to love each other and to eat each other's cooking and say it was good. Brian Andreas thanksgiving cooking real The first time her laughter unfurled its wings in the wind, we knew that the world would never be the same Brian Andreas laughter wings wind Falling into Place: Brian Andreas long mean fall If there is any secret to this life I live, this is it: the sound of what cannot be seen sings within everything that can & there is nothing more to it than that. Brian Andreas this-life secret sound You may not remember the time you let me go first. Or the time you dropped back to tell me it wasn't that far to go. Or the time you waited at the crossroads for me to catch up. You may not remember any of those, but I do and this is what I have to say to you: Today, no matter what it takes, we ride home together. Brian Andreas together home friendship 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 stars night science In those days, we finally chose to walk like giants Brian Andreas giants strong world
