“Maybe the problem between me and my father was that we were both the same.” — Benjamin Alire Sáenz Father Copy Share Image
“I don't always have to understand the people I love.” — Benjamin Alire Sáenz Learning Copy Share Image
“And I knew that there was something about me that Mrs. Quintana saw and loved. And even though I felt it was… — Benjamin Alire Sáenz Love Copy Share Image
“Have you noticed that some people don't give A damn and just keep on shopping?” — Benjamin Alire Sáenz Copy Share Image
“And it seemed to me that Dante's face was a map of the world. A world without any darkness. Wow, a world… — Benjamin Alire Sáenz Darkness Copy Share Image
“I liked watching them, all three of them around my truck. I wanted time to stop because everything seemed so simple, Dante… — Benjamin Alire Sáenz Falling in love Copy Share Image
“I was in love with the innocence of dogs, the purity of their affection. They didn't know enough to hide their feelings.… — Benjamin Alire Sáenz Dog Copy Share Image
Mostly, I think people are fake. Well, what do you expect? The fake world we live in conspires to make us all… — Benjamin Alire Saenz Fake Copy Share Image
“There are days when I almost forget that I fought in that war. It was such a long time ago. I was… — Benjamin Alire Sáenz Left behind Copy Share Image
“I have always felt terrible inside. The reasons for this keep changing.” — Benjamin Alire Sáenz Copy Share Image
I think writing books is a way for me to work out certain issues. I write about what matters to me, always. — Benjamin Alire Saenz Book Copy Share Image
“Words could be like food - they felt like something in your mouth. They tasted like something.” — Benjamin Alire Sáenz Language Copy Share Image
“It was like she understood something about me that she'd never quite understood before. I always felt that when she looked at… — Benjamin Alire Sáenz Time Copy Share Image
“God, I was beginning to hate this hope inside me. Sometimes, hope kept you from seeing the truth. Sometimes hope made you… — Benjamin Alire Sáenz Hope Copy Share Image
“Maybe everybody was kind. Maybe even my father. But Mr. Quintana was brave. He didn’t care if the whole world knew he… — Benjamin Alire Sáenz Parenting Copy Share Image
“Our parents are really weird,” he said. “Because they love us? That’s not so weird.” “It’s how they love us that’s weird.”… — Benjamin Alire Sáenz Love u Copy Share Image
“Will you teach me how to paint?” “Just paint.” “I’m not any good.” “Do it for therapy. You can go to art… — Benjamin Alire Sáenz Art Copy Share Image
“Talking to myself in my journal qualified as talking to someone my own age.” — Benjamin Alire Sáenz Copy Share Image
“I ask her if she loves me and I always feel bad when I ask her that because it makes me sound… — Benjamin Alire Sáenz Love Copy Share Image
“But I had learned to hide what I felt. No, that's not true. There was no learning involved. I had been born… — Benjamin Alire Sáenz Learning Copy Share Image
“When you do something, you have to know exactly what you're doing.” — Benjamin Alire Sáenz Copy Share Image
“The thing about tears is that they can be as quiet as a cloud floating across the desert sky.” — Benjamin Alire Sáenz Desert Copy Share Image
“The problem with my life was that it was someone else’s idea.” — Benjamin Alire Sáenz Life Copy Share Image
“Maybe everyone loves differently. Maybe that's all that matters.” — Benjamin Alire Sáenz Love Copy Share Image
“I have this idea stuck in my head that you have to be born beautiful in order to dream beautiful things. God… — Benjamin Alire Sáenz Bad boy Copy Share Image
