“I took out my journal. I'd been avoiding writing in it. I think I was afraid all my anger would spill out… — Benjamin Alire Sáenz Anger 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
“Sometimes I think my father has all these scars. On his heart. In his head. All over. It’s not such an easy… — Benjamin Alire Sáenz Parenting Copy Share Image
“Those words tasted bitter. But the worst part was that those words were living inside me. And they were leaking out of… — Benjamin Alire Sáenz Language Copy Share Image
“I'd never really been very close to other people. I was pretty much a loner. I'd played baseball and done the Cub… — Benjamin Alire Sáenz Boy scout Copy Share Image
“You are smart, Ari. Very smart. And anyway, being smart isn't everything. People just make fun of you. My dad says it's… — Benjamin Alire Sáenz Sadness Copy Share Image
“Highways are nice and paved, and they have signs telling you which way to go. Life isn't like that at all.” — Benjamin Alire Sáenz Life Copy Share Image
“And every time I did spectacularly well in my classes, and I'm here to tell you that I did spectacularly well, I… — Benjamin Alire Sáenz Time Copy Share Image
Another secret of the universe: Sometimes pain was like a storm that came out of nowhere. The clearest summer could end in… — Benjamin Alire Saenz Ends Copy Share Image
“I was harder than Dante. I think I'd tried to hide that hardness from him because I'd wanted him to like me.… — Benjamin Alire Sáenz 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
The heart can get really cold if all you've known is winter. — Benjamin Alire Saenz Cold Copy Share Image
“Words could be like food - they felt like something in your mouth. They tasted like something. Words were not things you… — Benjamin Alire Sáenz Language Copy Share Image
“Gina and Susie were cool, though. No hint of the beer they said they were going to score. They played good girls… — Benjamin Alire Sáenz Bad girl Copy Share Image
“Scars. A sign that you had been hurt. A sign that you had healed. Had I been hurt? Had I healed? Maybe… — Benjamin Alire Sáenz Aristotle-and-dante Copy Share Image
“I wondered what it would be like, to love a girl, to know how a girl thinks, to see the world through… — Benjamin Alire Sáenz Girls Copy Share Image
“People have parties because they’re sad. They think a party will make them happy.” — Benjamin Alire Sáenz Copy Share Image
“Scars. A sign that you had been hurt. A sign that you had healed.” — Benjamin Alire Sáenz Scars Copy Share Image
“He was still experimenting with kissing girls even though he said he'd rather be kissing boys. That's exactly what he said. I… — Benjamin Alire Sáenz Friend 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
“He got out of the car. He stood out in the heat. I knew he was trying to organize himself. Like a… — Benjamin Alire Sáenz Being alone quotes Copy Share Image
“But, you know, I was experimenting. You know, discovering the secrets of the universe.” — Benjamin Alire Sáenz Copy Share Image
“I wondered what it was like to feel whole, to not feel torn up or stunned out or wigged out or any… — Benjamin Alire Sáenz Around the world Copy Share Image
