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
“Talking just adds to the noise pollution in the world. If we were really serious about going green, then maybe we'd all… — Benjamin Alire Sáenz Noise pollution Copy Share Image
“But the thing is, I didn't make my friends happy and they didn't make me happy. All we did was get stoned… — Benjamin Alire Sáenz Drugs 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
“Typically, I didn't know what to say so I didn't say anything.” — Benjamin Alire Sáenz Copy Share Image
“Dogs don't censor themselves. Maybe animals were smarter than people. The dog was so happy. My mom and dad too. It felt… — Benjamin Alire Sáenz Dog Copy Share Image
“One of the secrets of the universe was that our instincts were sometimes stronger than our minds.” — Benjamin Alire Sáenz Psychology 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 Copy Share Image
“See that tree?" It was a stubby cypress tree, all bent and twisted. "Yeah, I see it." "It's my favorite tree." "It's… — Benjamin Alire Saenz Trees Copy Share Image
“I didn't understand how you could live in a mean world and not have any of that meanness rub off on you.… — Benjamin Alire Sáenz Mean world Copy Share Image
“Some boys... Are perfect shits. & other boys are very, very beautiful.” — Benjamin Alire Sáenz Beautiful 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
We have this huge discourse on family in this country, but no one deconstructs it the same way. People talk about "the… — Benjamin Alire Saenz American family Copy Share Image
“The whole world seemed to be quiet and calm and I wanted to be the world and feel like that.” — Benjamin Alire Sáenz Peace Copy Share Image
“People don't always have to do the right thing for the right reasons—so long as they do the right thing.” — Benjamin Alire Sáenz Right thing 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
“The day he came home from the hospital, he cried. I held him. I thought he would never stop. I knew that… — Benjamin Alire Sáenz Life 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 Copy Share Image
“All this time. This was what was wrong with me. All this time I had been trying to figure out the secrets… — Benjamin Alire Sáenz Self discovery Copy Share Image
“Why did I have to be a good boy just because I had a bad-boy brother? I hated the way my mom… — Benjamin Alire Sáenz Brotherhood 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 Respect Copy Share Image
“Turning the pages patiently in search of meanings.” — Benjamin Alire Sáenz Patience Copy Share Image
“This is my theory: the people who shouldn't hate themselves, do hate themselves. And the people who should hate themselves, don't hate… — Benjamin Alire Sáenz Friendship Copy Share Image
