“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
“People were wired to hell. He wanted to growl like a rabid mastiff when he heard someone say, "The body is a… — 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
“It felt like there was a whole world living inside her. I didn't know anything about that world.” — Benjamin Alire Sáenz Copy Share Image
“But the thing is that I’m in love with Rafael’s story. I think I understand when Adam says that all our stories… — Benjamin Alire Sáenz Copy Share Image
“I lived in pain because I chose to live in pain. Somewhere along the line, I fell in love with the idea… — Benjamin Alire Saenz Copy Share Image
But love was always something heavy for me. Something I had to carry. — Benjamin Alire Saenz Copy Share Image
“The problem is not that I don't love my mother and father. The problem is that I don't know how to love… — Benjamin Alire Sáenz Copy Share Image
“And I knew that there was something about me that Mrs. Quintana saw and loved. And even though I felt it was… — Benjamin Alire Sáenz Copy Share Image
“I liked watching them, all three of them around my truck. I wanted time to stop because everything seemed so simple, Dante… — Benjamin Alire Sáenz Copy Share Image
“I was in love with the innocence of dogs, the purity of their affection. They didn't know enough to hide their feelings.… — Benjamin Alire Sáenz Copy Share Image
“I ask her if she loves me and I always feel bad when I ask her that because it makes me sound… — Benjamin Alire Sáenz Copy Share Image
“Maybe everyone loves differently. Maybe that's all that matters.” — Benjamin Alire Sáenz Copy Share Image
“You're every street I've ever walked. You're the tree outside my window, you're a sparrow as he flies. You're the book that… — Benjamin Alire Sáenz Copy Share Image
“Maybe that's why she liked all those bad boys. They were outcasts. It was like she was picking up strays and taking… — Benjamin Alire Sáenz Copy Share Image
“How could I have ever been ashamed of loving Dante Quintana?” — Benjamin Alire Sáenz Copy Share Image
“Life can be hard. I know how hard it can be". And then she said, "Déjate querer.” Let yourself be loved” — Benjamin Alire Sáenz Copy Share Image
“I’ll always remember that look on your face. You saw me. You’ve always seen me. And I think that’s all that anyone… — Benjamin Alire Sáenz Copy Share Image
“I bet you could sometimes find all the mysteries of the universe in someone's hand.” — Benjamin Alire Sáenz Copy Share Image
“Her mother had left a note on the bathroom mirror, written in lipstick: just because my love isn't perfect doesn't mean I… — 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
