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> [“When I looked through the telescope, Dante began explaining what I was looking at. I didn’t hear a word. Something happened inside me as I looked out into the vast universe. Through that telescope, the world was closer and larger…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/benjamin-alire-s-enz/when-i-looked-through-the-telescope-dante-began-explaining-what-i-was/)

[Benjamin Alire Sáenz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/benjamin-alire-s-enz/)

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## More by Benjamin Alire Sáenz

> [“If we studied birds ,maybe we could learn to be free.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/benjamin-alire-s-enz/if-we-studied-birds-maybe-we-could-learn-to-be-free/)

[Benjamin Alire Sáenz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/benjamin-alire-s-enz/)

> [“It felt like there was a whole world inside her.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/benjamin-alire-s-enz/it-felt-like-there-was-a-whole-world-inside-her/)

[Benjamin Alire Sáenz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/benjamin-alire-s-enz/)

> [“Breakfast seemed to be a good time for throwing your emotions around. Jodie said that at this place emotions were like Frisbees – people…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/benjamin-alire-s-enz/breakfast-seemed-to-be-a-good-time-for-throwing-your-emotions-around/)

[Benjamin Alire Sáenz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/benjamin-alire-s-enz/)

> [“I loved the different rules of summer.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/benjamin-alire-s-enz/i-loved-the-different-rules-of-summer/)

[Benjamin Alire Sáenz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/benjamin-alire-s-enz/)

> [“I decided that maybe we left each other alone too much. Leaving each other alone was killing us.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/benjamin-alire-s-enz/i-decided-that-maybe-we-left-each-other-alone-too-much-leaving-each/)

[Benjamin Alire Sáenz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/benjamin-alire-s-enz/)

> [Why do we smile? Why do we laugh? Why do we feel alone? Why are we sad and confused? Why do we read poetry?…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/benjamin-alire-s-enz/why-do-we-smile-why-do-we-laugh-why-do-we-feel-alone-why-are-we-sad/)

[Benjamin Alire Saenz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/benjamin-alire-s-enz/)

> [“See, I think there are roads that lead us to each other. But in my family, there were no roads - just underground tunnels.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/benjamin-alire-s-enz/see-i-think-there-are-roads-that-lead-us-to-each-other-but-in-my/)

[Benjamin Alire Sáenz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/benjamin-alire-s-enz/)

> [“That was the first time I did coke. My body, it was electric. For the first time in my life I felt as if…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/benjamin-alire-s-enz/that-was-the-first-time-i-did-coke-my-body-it-was-electric-for-the/)

[Benjamin Alire Sáenz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/benjamin-alire-s-enz/)

> [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/benjamin-alire-s-enz/did-the-thought-ever-occur-to-you-that-i-might-care-about-you-people/)

[Benjamin Alire Sáenz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/benjamin-alire-s-enz/)

> [“Words exist only in theory. And then one ordinary day you run into a word that exists only in theory. And you meet it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/benjamin-alire-s-enz/words-exist-only-in-theory-and-then-one-ordinary-day-you-run-into-a/)

[Benjamin Alire Sáenz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/benjamin-alire-s-enz/)

> [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/benjamin-alire-s-enz/i-don-t-like-remembering-remembering-makes-me-feel-things-i-don-t/)

[Benjamin Alire Saenz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/benjamin-alire-s-enz/)

> [“In the distance, I can see a storm coming in, the dark clouds and the lightning on the horizon moving towards me. I wait…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/benjamin-alire-s-enz/in-the-distance-i-can-see-a-storm-coming-in-the-dark-clouds-and-the/)

[Benjamin Alire Sáenz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/benjamin-alire-s-enz/)

> [“I kind of liked his voice. He sounded like he had a cold, you know, like he was about to lose his voice. "You…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/benjamin-alire-s-enz/i-kind-of-liked-his-voice-he-sounded-like-he-had-a-cold-you-know-like/)

[Benjamin Alire Sáenz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/benjamin-alire-s-enz/)

> [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/benjamin-alire-s-enz/i-have-this-idea-that-the-reason-we-have-dreams-is-that-we-re/)

[Benjamin Alire Sáenz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/benjamin-alire-s-enz/)

> [“Everyone expected something from me. Something I just couldn't give.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/benjamin-alire-s-enz/everyone-expected-something-from-me-something-i-just-couldn-t-give/)

[Benjamin Alire Sáenz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/benjamin-alire-s-enz/)

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