“You know what the worst thing about adults is? ...They're not always adults. But that's what I like about them.” — Benjamin Alire Sáenz Adulthood Copy Share Image
“I found myself whispering, "Do you think we'll ever discover all the secrets of the universe?" I was surprised to hear Susie's… — Benjamin Alire Sáenz Copy Share Image
“I had a rule that it was better to be bored by yourself than to be bored with someone else. I pretty… — Benjamin Alire Sáenz Friendship Copy Share Image
“One of my roommates, Rafael, he's an expert on monsters. Not that he talks about them. I can just tell. People who… — Benjamin Alire Sáenz Monsters Copy Share Image
“The Ari I used to be didn't exist anymore. And the Ari I was becoming? He didn't exist yet.” — Benjamin Alire Sáenz 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
“He hadn't left any of the stretches that he'd done of me. But he did leave a sketch of my rocking chair.… — Benjamin Alire Sáenz Long time Copy Share Image
“Listen, the road to happiness is a long fucking road trip. You can't take The freeway. Back roads, buddy, that's all you… — Benjamin Alire Sáenz Bad weather 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
“Your smile is back.' That's what Dante said. 'Smiles are like that. They come and go.” — Benjamin Alire Sáenz Copy Share Image
“I looked out the window at the black clouds ahead of us. I opened the back window and smelled the rain. You… — Benjamin Alire Sáenz Black clouds Copy Share Image
“I didn't care because what mattered is that Dante's voice felt real. And I felt real. Until Dante, being with other people… — Benjamin Alire Sáenz Hardest thing Copy Share Image
“I stared at the reproduced mural in the book--but I was more interested in his finger as he tapped the book with… — Benjamin Alire Sáenz Ask questions Copy Share Image
“Yeah, I had all kinds of tragic reasons for feeling sorry for myself. Being fifteen didn't help. Sometimes I thought that being… — Benjamin Alire Sáenz Feeling sorry Copy Share Image
“I had a feeling there was something wrong with me. I guess I was a mystery even to myself.” — Benjamin Alire Sáenz Copy Share Image
“..and then it started hailing. It was so beautiful and scary, I wondered about the science of storms and how sometimes it… — Benjamin Alire Sáenz Copy Share Image
“That was the day that my brother was in our house again. In a strange and inexplicable way, my brother had come… — Benjamin Alire Sáenz Copy Share Image
“But the thing is that I’m in love with Rafael’s story. I think I understand when Adam says that all our stories… — Benjamin Alire Sáenz Love Copy Share Image
“I lived in pain because I chose to live in pain. Somewhere along the line, I fell in love with the idea… — Benjamin Alire Saenz Life Copy Share Image
“What is it with you and that book?" Rafael laughed. "We have a personal relationship.” — Benjamin Alire Sáenz Book Copy Share Image
“Everyone was always becoming someone else. Sometimes, when you were older, you became someone younger. And me, I felt old. How can… — Benjamin Alire Sáenz Changing Copy Share Image
“Even though summers were mostly made of sun and heat, summers for me were about the storms that came and went. And… — Benjamin Alire Sáenz Feeling alone Copy Share Image
