“like a book with nothing on its pages but the promise of an amazing sequel.” — Ben Monopoli Book Copy Share Image
“The place that haunts us and fuels us even as we wonder whether it truly exists.” — Ben Monopoli Copy Share Image
“I have learned, though, that memories aren’t things that have to pile up and overwhelm you. They’re just colors...that shade all the… — Ben Monopoli Memories Copy Share Image
“I feel so dirty now," I whispered dramatically. "I need a chemical baaath." (Oliver)” — Ben Monopoli Copy Share Image
“Maybe I’ll take you to a lighthouse and kiss you like in that book about the cranberries everyone has to read in… — Ben Monopoli Books Copy Share Image
“I knew from the first moment I saw him that I’d never turn down anything this guy asked of me.” — Ben Monopoli Copy Share Image
“I’ve always loved this, what silly people disregard as humping but what aficionados call frottage – this feeling a guy over every… — Ben Monopoli Humping Copy Share Image
“Practically every guy is the perfect guy the first night, so why ever bother with a second?” — Ben Monopoli Copy Share Image
“And that’s the best we can hope for from art, you know? That it changes you for the better. That it lights… — Ben Monopoli Art Copy Share Image
“The bathroom door opened and Griff emerged in a cloud of steam, the grand entrance of every B-movie alien I’d ever seen.… — Ben Monopoli Alien Copy Share Image
“Young people think they are invincible, that nothing bad will ever happen to them, and then something changes: they fall in love.… — Ben Monopoli Fall in love Copy Share Image
“I was bi and my heart was off-limits to no one, at least not for any reason like what they had between… — Ben Monopoli Bisexuality Copy Share Image
“It's not about who you sleep with, or whether you know about sports or tools or have a pearl-wearing wife or whether… — Ben Monopoli Marriage Copy Share Image
“A painter,” he said, as though the word were an insult. “I’m a writer .” “You’re a writer ? I’m a writer.”… — Ben Monopoli Books Copy Share Image
“For as long as we can remember,” [Griff] said, “I mean literally our whole conscious lives, time has been neatly divided into… — Ben Monopoli Third grade Copy Share Image
![“It's not about who you sleep with, or whether you know about sports or tools or have a pearl-wearing wife or whether commercials make you cry. [...] it's about whether you step up. When something hard comes along. A man steps up. He doesn't dodge it or run away from it or try to push it onto…” quote by Ben Monopoli](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/acf/ben-monopoli-27946_marriage_it-s-not-about-who-you-sleep-with-or-whe_740871.jpg)
![“For as long as we can remember,” [Griff] said, “I mean literally our whole conscious lives, time has been neatly divided into semesters and years. Each year completely distinguishable and unique. First grade, third grade. We didn’t measure by age, we measured by grade. Like I know I broke my arm…” quote by Ben Monopoli](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/071/ben-monopoli-27946_third-grade_for-as-long-as-we-can-remember-griff-sai_2759056.jpg)