“How could I have ever been ashamed of loving Dante Quintana?” — Benjamin Alire Sáenz Copy Share Image
“And it seemed to me that Dante’s face was a map of the world. A world without any darkness.” — Benjamin Alire Sáenz Copy Share Image
“For a few minutes I wished that Dante and I lived in the universe of boys instead of the universe of almost-men.” — Benjamin Alire Sáenz Copy Share Image
“Dante and I were the last two boys in America who grew up without television.” — Benjamin Alire Sáenz Copy Share Image
“He tried not to laugh, but he wasn't good at controlling all the laughter that lived inside of him.” — Benjamin Alire Sáenz Copy Share Image
“What do you love, Ari? What do you really love?" "I love the desert. God, I love the desert." "It's so lonely."… — Benjamin Alire Sáenz Copy Share Image
“I guess I did miss Dante-even though I tried hard to not think about him. The problem with trying hard not to… — Benjamin Alire Sáenz Copy Share Image
“And it seemed to me that Dante's face was a map of the world. A world without any darkness. Wow, a world… — Benjamin Alire Sáenz Copy Share Image
“I guess I didn't have it so bad.Maybe everybody didn't love me,but i wasn't one of those kids that everyone hated,either. I… — Benjamin Alire Sáenz Copy Share Image
“I have this idea that the reason we have dreams is that we're thinking about things that we don't know we're thinking… — Benjamin Alire Sáenz Copy Share Image
“All this time I had been trying to figure out the secrets of the universe, the secrets of my own body, of… — Benjamin Alire Sáenz Copy Share Image
“All this time. This was what was wrong with me. All this time I had been trying to figure out the secrets… — Benjamin Alire Sáenz Copy Share Image
“When I looked through the telescope, Dante began explaining what I was looking at. I didn’t hear a word. Something happened inside… — Benjamin Alire Sáenz Copy Share Image
“He was still experimenting with kissing girls even though he said he'd rather be kissing boys. That's exactly what he said. I… — Benjamin Alire Sáenz Copy Share Image
“I wanted to tell them that I'd never had a friend, not ever, not a real one. Until Dante. I wanted to… — Benjamin Alire Sáenz Copy Share Image
“Breakfast seemed to be a good time for throwing your emotions around. Jodie said that at this place emotions were like Frisbees – people… — Benjamin Alire Sáenz Copy Share
“I decided that maybe we left each other alone too much. Leaving each other alone was killing us.” — Benjamin Alire Sáenz Copy Share
Why do we smile? Why do we laugh? Why do we feel alone? Why are we sad and confused? Why do we read poetry?… — Benjamin Alire Saenz Copy Share
“See, I think there are roads that lead us to each other. But in my family, there were no roads - just underground tunnels.… — Benjamin Alire Sáenz Copy Share
“That was the first time I did coke. My body, it was electric. For the first time in my life I felt as if… — Benjamin Alire Sáenz Copy Share
“Did the thought ever occur to you that I might care about you? People are allowed to care about each other." "You don't know… — Benjamin Alire Sáenz Copy Share
“Words exist only in theory. And then one ordinary day you run into a word that exists only in theory. And you meet it… — Benjamin Alire Sáenz Copy Share
“I don't like remembering. Remembering makes me feel things. I don't like to feel things. I'm thinking I could spend the rest of my… — Benjamin Alire Saenz Copy Share
“In the distance, I can see a storm coming in, the dark clouds and the lightning on the horizon moving towards me. I wait… — Benjamin Alire Sáenz Copy Share
“I kind of liked his voice. He sounded like he had a cold, you know, like he was about to lose his voice. "You… — Benjamin Alire Sáenz Copy Share
“I have this idea that the reason we have dreams is that we're thinking about things that we don't know we're thinking about-and those… — Benjamin Alire Sáenz Copy Share
“Everyone expected something from me. Something I just couldn't give.” — Benjamin Alire Sáenz Copy Share
