“They thought our youth could help us overcome anything.” — Benjamin Alire Sáenz Overcome Copy Share Image
“Turning the pages patiently in search of meanings.” — Benjamin Alire Sáenz Meanings Copy Share Image
“Scars. A sign that you had been hurt. A sign that you had healed.” — Benjamin Alire Sáenz Healed Copy Share Image
“People who have monsters recognize each other. They know each other without even saying a word.” — Benjamin Alire Sáenz Monsters Copy Share Image
“I didn't know what to do with that piece of information. So I just kept it inside. That's what I did with… — Benjamin Alire Sáenz Data Copy Share Image
“Your smile is back.' That's what Dante said. 'Smiles are like that. They come and go.” — Benjamin Alire Sáenz Smile Copy Share Image
“I decided that maybe we left each other alone too much. Leaving each other alone was killing us.” — Benjamin Alire Sáenz Leaving Copy Share Image
“The whole world seemed to be quiet and calm and I wanted to be the world and feel like that.” — Benjamin Alire Sáenz Peace Copy Share Image
“Why did I have to be a good boy just because I had a bad-boy brother? I hated the way my mom… — Benjamin Alire Sáenz Brother Copy Share Image
“I’d rather have a cup of coffee and a cigarette than live in all that honesty.” — Benjamin Alire Sáenz Cigarette Copy Share Image
I didn't think it was my job to accept what everyone said I was and who I should be. — Benjamin Alire Saenz Accept Copy Share Image
“This is my theory: the people who shouldn't hate themselves, do hate themselves. And the people who should hate themselves, don't hate… — Benjamin Alire Sáenz Friendship Copy Share Image
“Listen, the road to happiness is a long fucking road trip. You can't take The freeway. Back roads, buddy, that's all you… — Benjamin Alire Sáenz Bad weather Copy Share Image
“I wondered what it was like to feel whole, to not feel torn up or stunned out or wigged out or any… — Benjamin Alire Sáenz Around the world Copy Share Image
“The day he came home from the hospital, he cried. I held him. I thought he would never stop. I knew that… — Benjamin Alire Sáenz Cried Copy Share Image
“I mean, when do we start feeling like the world belongs to us? I wanted to tell him that the world would… — Benjamin Alire Sáenz Tomorrow Copy Share Image
“I didn't understand how you could live in a mean world and not have any of that meanness rub off on you.… — Benjamin Alire Sáenz Mean world Copy Share Image
“Sometimes I think my father has all these scars. On his heart. In his head. All over. It’s not such an easy… — Benjamin Alire Sáenz Father Copy Share Image
“I wondered what it would be like, to love a girl, to know how a girl thinks, to see the world through… — Benjamin Alire Sáenz Girls Copy Share Image
“He hadn't left any of the stretches that he'd done of me. But he did leave a sketch of my rocking chair.… — Benjamin Alire Sáenz Long time Copy Share Image
“When I walked into the house, I went in search of one of my dad's bottles. Not that they were that hard… — Benjamin Alire Sáenz Alcoholism Copy Share Image
We have this huge discourse on family in this country, but no one deconstructs it the same way. People talk about "the… — Benjamin Alire Saenz American family Copy Share Image
“I found myself whispering, "Do you think we'll ever discover all the secrets of the universe?" I was surprised to hear Susie's… — Benjamin Alire Sáenz Question Beautiful Copy Share Image
“You are smart, Ari. Very smart. And anyway, being smart isn't everything. People just make fun of you. My dad says it's… — Benjamin Alire Sáenz Sadness Copy Share Image
“And every time I did spectacularly well in my classes, and I'm here to tell you that I did spectacularly well, I… — Benjamin Alire Sáenz Professors Copy Share Image
“He got out of the car. He stood out in the heat. I knew he was trying to organize himself. Like a… — Benjamin Alire Sáenz Being alone quotes Copy Share Image
“I'd never really been very close to other people. I was pretty much a loner. I'd played baseball and done the Cub… — Benjamin Alire Sáenz Boy scout Copy Share Image
“Typically, I didn't know what to say so I didn't say anything.” — Benjamin Alire Sáenz Copy Share Image
If you can quit for a day, you can quit for a lifetime. — Benjamin Alire Saenz Addiction Copy Share Image
