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You're not going to see people like this again for a long time, he said and I said I always saw people like this & he looked at me for a moment and said, You're not from around here, are you?

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Brian Andreas
Age: 68
Born: 1956
Born: September 17
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Iowa City
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I sometimes wake in the early morning & listen to the soft breathing of my children & I think to myself, this is one thing I will never regret & I carry that quiet with me all day long.
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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.
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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.
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Opening a door to the mysteries, hoping to shed a little dark on all the stuff we think we know.
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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.
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If you hold on to the handle, it's easier to maintain the illusion of control. But it's more fun if you just let the wind carry you.
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He loved her for almost everything she was & she decided that was enough to let him stay for a very long time.
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Empty Spaces:After his father died he carried his life more gently & left an empty space for the birds & other creatures.
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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.
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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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I've read a lot of books, so I know bunches of stuff that sounds like it could be true.
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There are days I drop words of comfort on myself like falling leaves and remember that it is enough to be taken care of by myself.
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I am only strong enough for a life of partial virtue.
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I don't blame you for everything, she told me. Just the stuff my friends & I can agree on.
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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There came a moment in the middle of the song when he suddenly felt every heartbeat in the room & after that he never forgot that he was part of something much bigger
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The most important thing you leave behind is the stuff that turns into treasures when children find it
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