“Don’t you have hobbies?” “Sure. Staring at the blank walls.” — Benjamin Alire Sáenz Hobby 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
“I mean, when do we start feeling like the world belongs to us?” — Benjamin Alire Sáenz Copy Share Image
“I had a feeling there was something wrong with me. I guess I was a mystery even to myself. That sucked. I… — Benjamin Alire Sáenz Mystery 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 Family Copy Share Image
“For the music to be over so soon. For the music to be over when it had just begun. That was really… — Benjamin Alire Sáenz Music Copy Share Image
“My mom, she sometimes resided in the space between irony and sincerity.” — Benjamin Alire Sáenz Irony Copy Share Image
“You know what the worst thing about adults is? ...They're not always adults. But that's what I like about them.” — Benjamin Alire Sáenz Adulthood Copy Share Image
“The Ari I used to be didn't exist anymore. And the Ari I was becoming? He didn't exist yet.” — 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 Answers Copy Share Image
“And the hurt was so deep that it was way beyond tears and so their faces were dry.” — Benjamin Alire Sáenz Copy Share Image
“And it seemed to me that Dante's face was a map of the world. A world without any darkness. Wow, a world… — Benjamin Alire Sáenz Darkness Copy Share Image
“I do not know what it means to be okay. I have never known and maybe I will never know. Okay is… — Benjamin Alire Sáenz Know Okay 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 guess I did miss Dante-even though I tried hard to not think about him. The problem with trying hard not to… — Benjamin Alire Sáenz Ari 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 Dog Copy Share Image
“I knew I’d gone crazy but I couldn’t explain it to myself. Maybe that’s what happens when you go crazy. You just… — Benjamin Alire Sáenz Gone crazy 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… — Benjamin Alire Sáenz Breakfast Copy Share Image
“There were so many ghosts in our house...And I thought that maybe there were ghosts inside of me that I hadn't even… — Benjamin Alire Sáenz Ghosts Copy Share Image
“This is the way I see it: if you get to know yourself really well, you might discover that deep down inside… — Benjamin Alire Sáenz Deep inside 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 Fight Copy Share Image
“And then I don't know why, but I felt sad. And then I started thinking about my brother. Every time I felt… — Benjamin Alire Sáenz Brother Copy Share Image
“I've been hurting most of my life. I tried to pretend I wasn't. I even believed my own lie. I've lived my… — Benjamin Alire Sáenz Entire life Copy Share Image
“I have it in my head that when we’re born, God writes things down on our hearts. See, on some people’s hearts… — Benjamin Alire Saenz Barbed wire Copy Share Image
“I can teach you how to swim, if you want.' I kind of liked his voice. He sounded like he had a… — Benjamin Alire Sáenz Copy Share Image
“Talking is fantastically overrated. Too many people do too much of it. It stuns the hell out of me how so many… — Benjamin Alire Sáenz Noise pollution Copy Share Image
“It looked like it was going to rain. They always came this time of year, the rains. I heard the distant thunder.… — Benjamin Alire Sáenz Rain Copy Share Image
