Quote

Falling into Place: deciding everything is falling into place perfectly as long as you don't get too picky about what you mean by place. Or perfectly.

Brian Andreas

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

TAGS & TOPICS

Brian Andreas
Age: 68
Born: 1956
Born: September 17
Artist
Painter
Writer
Iowa City
Iowa
Perfectly
Falling
Fall
Place
Everything
Mean
Long
Picky
Deciding

More quotes by Brian Andreas

Image
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 other stuff so it's easy to miss that.
Brian Andreas
Image
I've always like the time before dawn because there's no one around to remind me who I'm supposed to be, so it's easier to remember who I am.
Brian Andreas
Image
I like geography best, he said, because your mountains & rivers know the secret. Pay no attention to boundaries.
Brian Andreas
Image
Anyone can slay a dragon, he told me, but try waking up every morning and loving the world all over again. That's what takes a real hero.
Brian Andreas
Image
Trying to follow in the footsteps of the masters, but it's a lot harder than it looks because even though they had the same size feet as us, they weren't looking down the whole time while they walked to make sure they were doing it right
Brian Andreas
Image
I once had a garden filled with flowers that grew only on dark thoughts, but they needed constant attention and one day I decided I had better things to do.
Brian Andreas
Image
He loved her for almost everything she was & she decided that was enough to let him stay for a very long time.
Brian Andreas
Image
She said she usually cried at least once each day not because she was sad, but because the world was so beautiful and life was so short.
Brian Andreas
Image
There are some days when no matter what I say it feels like I'm far away in another country & whoever is doing the translating has had far too much to drink.
Brian Andreas
Image
My grandma used to plant tomato seedlings in tin cans from tomato sauce & puree & crushed tomatoes she got from the Italian restaurant by her house, but she always soaked the labels off first. I don't want them to be anxious about the future, she said. It's not healthy.
Brian Andreas
Image
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.
Brian Andreas
Image
Opening a door to the mysteries, hoping to shed a little dark on all the stuff we think we know.
Brian Andreas
Image
Most people don't know there are angels whose only job is to make sure you don't get too comfortable & fall asleep & miss your life.
Brian Andreas
Image
I've read a lot of books, so I know bunches of stuff that sounds like it could be true.
Brian Andreas
Image
When you start to crack open, don't waste a moment gathering your old self up into something like you knew before. Let your new self splash like sunlight into every dark place and laugh and cry and make sounds you never made & thank all that is holy for the gift.
Brian Andreas
Image
I don't blame you for everything, she told me. Just the stuff my friends & I can agree on.
Brian Andreas
Image
The clock is a conspiracy & a crime against humanity and I would not own one except I miss appointments without it.
Brian Andreas
Image
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
Image
The most important thing you leave behind is the stuff that turns into treasures when children find it
Brian Andreas
Image
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