18 Quotes by Brad Barkley

I can see sadness in his eyes as he looks at me. And suddenly I am overwhelmed by wanting to know that sadness and make it go away and make it OK.

You asked me if I believed in magic, and I said yes, and that's how. You just step out, start pulling your life out of the air. You make friends, you find work you really like doing, you find places. You find diners and Laundromats. You find beaches. You find a junk car and drive it for a month, then lave it beside the road. You find someone to fall in love with you. You make it all up as you go. Or, you know, maybe it makes you up.

Ella, if it's magic, then nothing is supposed to happen.

I want to show you something,” I say.What?” He dabs at his lips with the napkin, and for a moment I’m wishing so hard that I am that napkin that I can almost feel myself changing, becoming thin and papery and white. “Cal?” I sit back and feel myself blushing, feel it from the tips of my toes all the way to the heat at the backs of my ears.

What Would Jesus Eat?

Listen to your heart more than your head. This motto will get you in trouble, but it's never boring.

Don't tell anyone this, but I have never been to Disneyworld. I don't know if I ever will, but I would like to.

I drove an orange Camaro and dated a cheerleader. Life was good.

I thought if I really wanted to be serious about writing, I should make my own desk.