“Maybe everyone loves differently. Maybe that's all that matters.” — Benjamin Alire Sáenz Differently Copy Share Image
But love was always something heavy for me. Something I had to carry. — Benjamin Alire Saenz Carry Copy Share Image
“There's nothing ordinary about you. Nothing ordinary at all.” — Benjamin Alire Sáenz Inspirational Copy Share Image
“I was looking for you without knowing what I was looking for.” — Benjamin Alire Sáenz Knowing Copy Share Image
“He’s so cute I would have thrown myself in front of a moving car too.” — Benjamin Alire Sáenz Cute Copy Share Image
The heart can get really cold if all you've known is winter. — Benjamin Alire Saenz Cold Copy Share Image
“Everyone expected something from me. Something I just couldn't give.” — Benjamin Alire Sáenz Expected Copy Share Image
“The problem with trying hard not to think about something was that you thought about it even more.” — Benjamin Alire Sáenz Think Copy Share Image
“People have parties because they’re sad. They think a party will make them happy.” — Benjamin Alire Sáenz Parties Copy Share Image
I wondered what that was like, to hold someone’s hand. I bet you could sometimes find all of the mysteries of the… — Benjamin Alire Saenz Hands Copy Share Image
“Dante and I were the last two boys in America who grew up without television.” — Benjamin Alire Sáenz Boys Copy Share Image
“Maybe everybody was kind. Maybe even my father. But Mr. Quintana was brave. He didn’t care if the whole world knew he… — Benjamin Alire Sáenz Parenting Copy Share Image
“It was good to laugh. I wanted to laugh and laugh and laugh until I laughed myself into becoming someone else.” — Benjamin Alire Sáenz Comedy Copy Share Image
“You see, the thing with adults is that respect is just a word they use to guilt us nonadults into doing what… — Benjamin Alire Sáenz Adults Copy Share Image
“I live in an ecotone. Employment must coexist with goofing off. Responsibility must coexist with irresponsibility.” — Benjamin Alire Sáenz Change Copy Share Image
“What do you love, Ari? What do you really love?" "I love the desert. God, I love the desert." "It's so lonely."… — Benjamin Alire Sáenz Dante Copy Share Image
“I’m not a good kid. Yeah, look, I’m just a piece of paper with the word sad and a bunch of cuss… — Benjamin Alire Sáenz Cuss Copy Share Image
“I renamed myself Ari. If I switched the letter, my name was Air. I thought it might be a great thing to… — Benjamin Alire Sáenz Renamed Copy Share Image
“I thought it might be a great thing to be the air. I could be something and nothing all at the same… — Benjamin Alire Sáenz Air Copy Share Image
“See, the thing about that word, Sharkey, the F-word, is that sometimes I make that word do too much work. I mean,… — Benjamin Alire Sáenz Articulate Copy Share Image
“Rafael?” ”Yeah?” „Do we all have monsters?” „Yes.” „Why does God give us so many monsters?” „You want to know my theory?”… — Benjamin Alire Sáenz God Copy Share Image
Absent parents aren't abusive per se. They're neglectful. They love in a very imperfect way. There are parents like that, and they… — Benjamin Alire Saenz Abusive 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… — Benjamin Alire Sáenz Care Copy Share Image
“What is this thing you call substance abuse? All I wanna do is forget and get loose. Drinking and smoking over and… — Benjamin Alire Sáenz Alcohol Copy Share Image
“Maybe you're just in love with being an outsider. You can join the human race any time you want to." "What makes… — Benjamin Alire Sáenz Human race Copy Share Image
For a moment, I thought of the word happy and it was a word that just, well, it felt like it was… — Benjamin Alire Saenz Being sad Copy Share Image
“We think there's a reason for everything, as if life was supposed to make sense. It's not exactly math. People aren't numbers.… — Benjamin Alire Sáenz Life Copy Share Image
“I mean, okay, let's say we're all going to get better. Let's just pretend we will. Fine. Where are we going to… — Benjamin Alire Sáenz Cruel world 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 Computers Copy Share Image
“God, it would never go away, this anger, this rage that was like the ceaseless movement of the spring winds through the… — Benjamin Alire Sáenz Anger Copy Share Image
“I hated when Rafael said he hated himself. Sometimes he would say something like that. I just didn’t like hearing that. Why… — Benjamin Alire Sáenz Good friend Copy Share Image
