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

“Almost Beyond: She laid on my chest & her breathing filled me almost to beyond what I could hold.”

— Brian Andreas

“For a long time she flew, only when she thought no one else was watching.”

— Brian Andreas

“Quiet Spaces We had gone far enough together to listen easily in the quiet spaces.”

— Brian Andreas

“I've read a lot of books, so I know bunches of stuff that sounds like it could be true.”

— Brian Andreas

“The World Itself: When she held out her arms, the world itself wrapped around me & held me tight.”

— Brian Andreas

“Permanence: Just because they die, she said, doesn't mean they go away.”

— Brian Andreas

Opening a door to the mysteries, hoping to shed a little dark on all the stuff we think we know.

— Brian Andreas

“Bits of the World: gathering up bits of the world & setting them out in an order that her children can understand”

— Brian Andreas

“What I'm mostly good at is sleeping, he once told me in confidence, but he added, I don't see much future in…

— Brian Andreas

If you're talking to a child, you're going, 'This is the wonder of science and here's why I'm so fascinated by it.'

— Brian Andreas

I used to believe my father about everything but then I had children myself & now I see how much stuff you…

— Brian Andreas

“She said she usually cried at least once each day not because she was sad, but because the world was so beautiful…

— Brian Andreas

“Making Room: When I first met him, I knew in a moment I would have to spend the next few days re-arranging…

— Brian Andreas

Empty Spaces:After his father died he carried his life more gently & left an empty space for the birds & other creatures.

— Brian Andreas

“If you hold on to the handle, she said, it's easier to maintain the illusion of control. But it's more fun if…

— Brian Andreas

Trying to follow in the footsteps of the masters, but it's a lot harder than it looks because even though they had…

— Brian Andreas

“There was a single blue line of crayon drawn across every wall in the house. What does it mean? I asked. A…

— Brian Andreas

“Our mailman was a dance teacher at night & I would watch him sometimes to see if he would deliver mail differently…

— Brian Andreas

“That was the day the ancient songs of blood and war spilled from a hole in the sky And there was a…

— Brian Andreas

When you start to crack open, don’t waste a moment gathering your old self up into something like you knew before. Let…

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“More Fair: They left me with your shadow, saying things like Life is not fair & I believed them for a long…

— Brian Andreas

My grandma used to plant tomato seedlings in tin cans from tomato sauce & puree & crushed tomatoes she got from the…

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“She learned to love him before he thought it was even possible, so he didn't have a chance to hide & mess…

— Brian Andreas

We went to a church that had missionaries who'd come back once a year from Fiji & give talks. I remember one…

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The most important thing you leave behind is the stuff that turns into treasures when children find it

— Brian Andreas

“God invents musical theatre. Satan voluntarily opts for Hell.”

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“Waiting for the pen to dry up so he can start fresh with thoughts that are worth new ink.”

— Brian Andreas

I don't blame you for everything, she told me. Just the stuff my friends & I can agree on.

— Brian Andreas

“Smaller World: I know he's not really gone, she said, but the world still feels smaller to me today.”

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“Trapped mainly by wanting things to be exactly as they are, only better ”

— Brian Andreas

“feels like some kind of ride but it's turning out just to be life going absolutely perfectly”

— Brian Andreas

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

— Brian Andreas

“Hoping something will happen soon, so she can sit down & watch it with a fresh bowl of popcorn.”

— Brian Andreas

“Partners: Tied together by stuff too difficult to explain to someone new”

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“I think my life would be easier, she said, if I could just get my selves to agree on something. ”

— Brian Andreas

“Start here & go until you die, he said. What's so complicated about that? ”

— Brian Andreas

“I didn't listen to her because she was my mother & wouldn't know anything until I was much older.”

— Brian Andreas

Time stands still best in moments that look suspiciously like ordinary life.

— Brian Andreas

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

— Brian Andreas