“I’m not a good kid. Yeah, look, I’m just a piece of paper with the word sad and a bunch of cuss… — Benjamin Alire Sáenz Cuss words Copy Share Image
“It makes me angry that you hate yourself for something that somebody else made you do. Don't let them take any more.… — Benjamin Alire Sáenz Memory lane Copy Share Image
“He tried not to laugh, but he wasn't good at controlling all the laughter that lived inside of him.” — Benjamin Alire Sáenz Ari Copy Share Image
“I couldn’t decide if the dream was a good dream or a bad dream. Maybe a good dream because when I woke… — Benjamin Alire Sáenz Bad dream Copy Share Image
“I can teach you how to swim, if you want.' I kind of liked his voice. He sounded like he had a… — Benjamin Alire Sáenz Copy Share Image
“Words were not things you could control. Not always.” — Benjamin Alire Sáenz Language Copy Share Image
“We'd been so sure of ourselves, but now we were lost.” — Benjamin Alire Sáenz Words Copy Share Image
“The problem with trying hard not to think about something was that you thought about it even more.” — Benjamin Alire Sáenz Thinking Copy Share Image
“I wanted to feel those words in my mouth as I spoke them aloud. Words could be like food - they felt… — Benjamin Alire Sáenz Language Copy Share Image
“Did you love your brother?" "I don't remember." "You don't remember?" "No, Adam, I don't." He knew I was lying. I guess… — Benjamin Alire Sáenz Brotherhood Copy Share Image
“Don’t you have hobbies?” “Sure. Staring at the blank walls.” — Benjamin Alire Sáenz Hobby Copy Share Image
“For the music to be over so soon. For the music to be over when it had just begun. That was really… — Benjamin Alire Sáenz Music Copy Share Image
“Summer had come and gone. Summer had come and gone. And the world was ending.” — Benjamin Alire Sáenz Summer Copy Share Image
“I mean, when do we start feeling like the world belongs to us?” — Benjamin Alire Sáenz Copy Share Image
Water was something he loved, something he respected. He understood its beauty and its dangers. He talked about swimming as if it… — Benjamin Alire Saenz Beauty Copy Share Image
“See, this is the way I see it. Not all anger is the same. Because there are different kids of anger. And… — Benjamin Alire Sáenz Anger Copy Share Image
“I guess I didn't have it so bad.Maybe everybody didn't love me,but i wasn't one of those kids that everyone hated,either. I… — Benjamin Alire Sáenz Aristotle Copy Share Image
“You know, the thing about not talking very much is that people think you’re mature. They make things up about you.” — Benjamin Alire Sáenz Copy Share Image
“I guess I did miss Dante-even though I tried hard to not think about him. The problem with trying hard not to… — Benjamin Alire Sáenz Ari Copy Share Image
“There was something about the sound of a man in pain that resembled the sound of a wounded animal.” — Benjamin Alire Sáenz Animals Copy Share Image
“You're every street I've ever walked. You're the tree outside my window, you're a sparrow as he flies. You're the book that… — Benjamin Alire Sáenz Aristotle-and-dante Copy Share Image
“Maybe that's why she liked all those bad boys. They were outcasts. It was like she was picking up strays and taking… — Benjamin Alire Sáenz Bad boy Copy Share Image
Absent parents aren't abusive per se. They're neglectful. They love in a very imperfect way. There are parents like that, and they… — Benjamin Alire Saenz Abusive Copy Share Image
“You should just sit them down and make them tell you. Make them be adults." "You can't make anyone be an adult.… — Benjamin Alire Sáenz Copy Share Image
