Brian Andreas Quotes: 13

• 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.

  Story People: Selected Stories & Drawings of Brian Andreas

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

• 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.

  Story People: Selected Stories & Drawings of Brian Andreas

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

• 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.

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

• I don't really like coffee, she said, but I don't really like it when my head hits my desk when I fall asleep either.

• 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 want to be right.

• 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.

  Strange Dreams: Collected Stories & Drawings

• I'm not sure if there's one right place I'm supposed to be, he said, but I know a couple of wrong places I'd give a second try in a heartbeat.

• A few said they'd be horses. Most said they'd be some sort of cat. My friend said she'd like to come back as a porcupine. I don't like crowds, she said.

• Your job is to focus on my personal happiness, she said, & I've got big plans, so break time is over.

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