“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
“But the thing is, I didn't make my friends happy and they didn't make me happy. All we did was get stoned… — Benjamin Alire Sáenz 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 Copy Share Image
“I had a rule that it was better to be bored by yourself than to be bored with someone else. I pretty… — 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
“All my friends thought I was a very happy human being. Because that's how I acted- like a really happy human being.… — Benjamin Alire Saenz Copy Share Image
“Ad we interviewing each other? Something like that. What position am I applying for? Best friend. I thought I already had the… — 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 Image
“I decided that maybe we left each other alone too much. Leaving each other alone was killing us.” — Benjamin Alire Sáenz Copy Share Image
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 Image
“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 Image
“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 Image
“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 Image
“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 Image
“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 Image
“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 Image
