“There was this thing, this chaos inside me. And it had a noise, a howling. That’s what it was. I was nothing… — Benjamin Alire Sáenz Pain Copy Share Image
“Sometimes when people talk, they don't always tell the truth.” — Benjamin Alire Sáenz Truth Copy Share Image
“To be careful with people and with words was a rare and beautiful thing.” — Benjamin Alire Sáenz Copy Share Image
“A guy who loves his truck needs other people to admire his driving machine. Yeah, needs . That's the truth. I don't… — Benjamin Alire Sáenz Computers Copy Share Image
“You can’t expect to go both ways when you’re driving on a one-way street.” — Benjamin Alire Sáenz Driving-lessons Copy Share Image
“I like the sketch,' I said. 'Why?' 'Because it looks just like my chair.' 'Is that the only reason?' 'It holds something,'… — Benjamin Alire Sáenz Emotion Copy Share Image
“Summertime. It was a song. It was a season. I wondered if that season would ever live inside of me.” — Benjamin Alire Sáenz Feeling Copy Share Image
“Because he said it as if he was the first human being who'd ever noticed. Maybe that's why so many people trusted… — Benjamin Alire Sáenz People Trust 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
“And it seemed to me that Dante’s face was a map of the world. A world without any darkness.” — Benjamin Alire Sáenz Darkness Copy Share Image
“I hated God for giving me a heart. What good were they? Hearts? Having one got me exactly where?” — Benjamin Alire Sáenz Copy Share Image
“He looked tired but at that moment, as we sat at the kitchen table, there was something young about him. And I… — Benjamin Alire Sáenz Aristotle-and-dante Copy Share Image
“Senior year. And then life. Maybe that's the way it worked. High school was just a prologue to the real novel. Everybody… — Benjamin Alire Sáenz Graduation Copy Share Image
It's a complex thing when you're writing a novel, because so much of it is conscious and planned and deliberate, and so… — Benjamin Alire Saenz Books 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
“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 Love 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 Copy Share Image
“And I thought that maybe there were ghosts inside of me that I hadn’t even met yet. They were there. Lying in… — Benjamin Alire Sáenz Copy Share Image
“But in art class, all you had to do was try. I was getting an A for work. But not for talent.… — Benjamin Alire Sáenz Art Copy Share Image
“Ad we interviewing each other? Something like that. What position am I applying for? Best friend. I thought I already had the… — Benjamin Alire Sáenz Best friend Copy Share Image
