“Adam says I isolate. He is addicted to telling me that I spend too much time in my head. It’s an unhealthy… — Benjamin Alire Sáenz Behavior Copy Share Image
“He’s so cute I would have thrown myself in front of a moving car too.” — 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
I wondered if my smile was as big as hers. Maybe as big. But not as beautiful. — Benjamin Alire Saenz Beautiful 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
“Okay is just a word I use so I won't have to talk about what's inside. Okay is a word that means… — Benjamin Alire Sáenz Copy Share Image
“. . . Alive is a place. Alive is the new word for home.” — Benjamin Alire Sáenz Home Copy Share Image
“Her mother had left a note on the bathroom mirror, written in lipstick: just because my love isn't perfect doesn't mean I… — Benjamin Alire Sáenz Love Copy Share Image
Young men and women come of age when they look at their parents and see them not only as their parents but… — Benjamin Alire Saenz Accepting Copy Share Image
“Sometimes, you do things and you do them not because you're thinking but because you are feeling. Because you're feeling too much.… — Benjamin Alire Sáenz Feelings Copy Share Image
“I felt like I was the saddest boy in the universe. Summer had come and gone. Summer had come and gone. And… — Benjamin Alire Sáenz Summer Copy Share Image
“As far as I was concerned, the sun could have melted the blue right off the sky. Then the sky could be… — Benjamin Alire Sáenz Sun Copy Share Image
“You fight yourself, Zach. And you keep fighting yourself. And it's killing you because you're fighting the best part of yourself.” — Benjamin Alire Sáenz Internal conflict Copy Share Image
“I hated being volunteered. The problem with my life was that it was someone else's idea.” — Benjamin Alire Sáenz Life Copy Share Image
“The thing is I love my dad. My mom too. And I keep wondering what they're going to say when I tell… — Benjamin Alire Sáenz Love my dad Copy Share Image
“I knew what he was saying, and I wished to God he was someone else, someone who didn't have to say things… — Benjamin Alire Sáenz Copy Share Image
“Maybe it's a terrible thing, to keep a war to yourself.” — Benjamin Alire Sáenz War Copy Share Image
“Stop it,” I said. “Just stop it!” I knew I was starting to cry and I was so sick, sick, sick to… — Benjamin Alire Sáenz Copy Share Image
“Dante and I were the last two boys in America who grew up without television.” — Benjamin Alire Sáenz 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
“As I nodded my head to the beat, I started wondering what had gone through Richie Valens’s head before the plane crashed… — Benjamin Alire Sáenz Music Copy Share Image
