Brian Andreas Quotes

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• I read once that the ancient Egyptians had fifty words for sand & the Eskimos had a hundred words for snow. I wish I had…
• I used to believe my father about everything but then I had children myself & now I see how much stuff you make up just…
• You're the strangest person I ever met, she said & I said you too & we decided we'd know each other a long time.
• I don't blame you for everything, she told me. Just the stuff my friends & I can agree on.
• These are little packets of light and you need to plant them early in the year and remember to mark where they were because lots…
• There has never been a day when I have not been proud of you, I said to my Son though some days I'm louder about…
• Wrapped around my son with only the knowledge of the words of the world & a quiet remembrance of watching before this all began.
• There came a moment in the middle of the song when he suddenly felt every heartbeat in the room & after that he never forgot…
• He loved her for almost everything she was & she decided that was enough to let him stay for a very long time.
• 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…
• Wanting him to come back before anyone notices part of the world has not moved since he left.
• Everything changed the day she figured out there was exactly enough time for the important things in her life.
• There are lives I can imagine without children but none of them have the same laughter & noise.
• 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…
• Time stands still best in moments that look suspiciously like ordinary life.
• The first time her laughter unfurled its wings in the wind, we knew that the world would never be the same
• The most important thing you leave behind is the stuff that turns into treasures when children find it
• I like geography best, he said, because your mountains & rivers know the secret. Pay no attention to boundaries.
• I sometimes wake in the early morning & listen to the soft breathing of my children & I think to myself, this is one thing…
• 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.'

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