Another secret of the universe: Sometimes pain was like a storm that came out of nowhere. The clearest summer could end in… — Benjamin Alire Saenz Copy Share Image
“..and then it started hailing. It was so beautiful and scary, I wondered about the science of storms and how sometimes it… — Benjamin Alire Sáenz Copy Share Image
“I have this storm inside me. It's trying to kill me. I wonder sometimes if that's such a bad thing. I know… — Benjamin Alire Sáenz Copy Share Image
I wondered about the science of storms and how sometimes it seemed that a storm wanted to break the world and how… — Benjamin Alire Saenz Copy Share Image
“Sometimes it seemed that a storm wanted to break the world and the world refused to break.” — 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
“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 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 about-and those… — Benjamin Alire Sáenz Copy Share Image
“Everyone expected something from me. Something I just couldn't give.” — Benjamin Alire Sáenz Copy Share Image
