Quotes by Brian Andreas

There was a single blue line of crayon drawn across every wall in the house. What does it mean? I asked. A pirate needs the sight of the sea, he said and then he pulled his eye patch down and turned and sailed away.

I used to believe my father about everything but then I had children myself & now I see how much stuff you make up just to keep yourself from going crazy.

I like geography best, he said, because your mountains & rivers know the secret. Pay no attention to boundaries.

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

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 theres no laughter, I know theyre not for me.

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

“I held her close for only a short time, but after she was gone, Id see her smile on the face of a perfect stranger and I knew she would be there with me all the rest of my days.”

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

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

“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.”

“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 Id 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.”