"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 (Story People)

"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

"Anyone can slay a dragon ...but try waking up every morning and loving the world all over again. That's what takes a real hero.

"
— Brian Andreas

"She said she usually cried at least once each day not because she was sad, but because the world was so beautiful & life was so short."
— Brian Andreas

"I saw them standing there pretending to be just friends, when all the time in the world could not pry them apart. "
— Brian Andreas

"Time stands still best in moments that look suspiciously like ordinary life."
— Brian Andreas

"I wish you could have been there for the sun & the rain & the long, hard hills. For the sound of a thousand conversations scattered along the road. For the people laughing & crying & remembering at the end. But, mainly, I wish you could have been there."
— Brian Andreas

""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 (Traveling Light: Stories & Drawings for a Quiet Mind)

"I have too much to lose, she said, if I cross that line. Like what? I said. She could not think of anything that day so she said she'd get back to me. Since then I've been thinking what I would lose if I cross my line & I haven't come up with anything either. There's always another line somewhere.

"
— Brian Andreas

"In the end, I think that I will like that we were sitting on the bed, talking & wondering where the time had gone."
— Brian Andreas

"I was waiting for the longest time, she said. I thought you forgot.

It is hard to forget, I said, when there is such an empty space when you are gone."
— Brian Andreas (Story People)

"I spent a long time trying to find my center until I looked closely at it one night & found it had wheels and moved easily in the slightest breeze. So now I spend less time sitting and more time sailing. "
— Brian Andreas (Story People)

"For a long time she flew, only when she thought no one else was watching."
— Brian Andreas

"In my dream, the angel shrugged and said, if we fail this time, it will be a failure of imagination

and then she placed the world gently in the palm of my hand."
— Brian Andreas

"The clock is a conspiracy & a crime against humanity
and I would not own one
except I miss appointments without it."
— Brian Andreas (Story People)

"Remember to use positive affirmations. I am not a dork is not one of them."
— Brian Andreas (Story People)

"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. and there is nothing more to it than that."
— Brian Andreas

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

"Are you a princess? I said & she said I'm much more than a princess, but you don't have a name for it yet here on earth. "
— Brian Andreas

"I once had a garden filled with flowers that grew only on dark thoughts but they need constant attention & one day I decided I had better things to do. "
— Brian Andreas

"I held her close for only a short time, but after she was gone, I'd 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."
— Brian Andreas (Strange Dreams - Collected Stories & Drawings)

"feels like some kind of ride but it's turning out just
to be life going absolutely perfectly"
— Brian Andreas

"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 crossraods 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 (Traveling Light: Stories & Drawings for a Quiet Mind)

"We sat in the car
& the night dropped
down until the
only sounds were
the crickets &
the dance of our voices

& for a moment
the world became
small enough to
roll back & forth
between us."
— Brian Andreas (Hearing Voices - Collected Stories & Drawings)