“Don’t you have hobbies?” “Sure. Staring at the blank walls.” — Benjamin Alire Sáenz Copy Share Image
“Typically, I didn't know what to say so I didn't say anything.” — Benjamin Alire Sáenz Copy Share Image
If you can quit for a day, you can quit for a lifetime. — Benjamin Alire Saenz Addiction Copy Share Image
“Maybe everyone loves differently. Maybe that's all that matters.” — Benjamin Alire Sáenz Copy Share Image
“Some boys... Are perfect shits. & other boys are very, very beautiful.” — Benjamin Alire Sáenz Beautiful Copy Share Image
“The problem is not that I don't love my mother and father. The problem is that I don't know how to love… — Benjamin Alire Sáenz Family Copy Share Image
“I had a feeling there was something wrong with me. I guess I was a mystery even to myself. That sucked. I… — Benjamin Alire Sáenz Copy Share Image
“My mom, she sometimes resided in the space between irony and sincerity.” — Benjamin Alire Sáenz Irony 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
“I bet you could sometimes find all the mysteries of the universe in someone's hand.” — Benjamin Alire Sáenz 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
“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
“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
“had a theory that everyone has a relationship with words—whether they know it or not. It’s just that everybody’s relationship with words… — Benjamin Alire Sáenz Language 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 Monster 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 Copy Share Image
“Anger is an emotion. But there’s always something behind anger. Something stronger. You know what that is?” “Is that a trick question?”… — Benjamin Alire Sáenz Anger 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
“..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
“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 Animal 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
“Because he said it as if he was the first human being who'd ever noticed. Maybe that's why so many people trusted… — Benjamin Alire Sáenz Speech Copy Share Image
“Sometimes parents loved their sons so much that they made a romance out of their lives. They thought our youth could help… — Benjamin Alire Sáenz Parenting Copy Share Image
“This is the way I see it: if you get to know yourself really well, you might discover that deep down inside… — Benjamin Alire Sáenz Copy Share Image
“And then I don't know why, but I felt sad. And then I started thinking about my brother. Every time I felt… — Benjamin Alire Sáenz Brother 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 Dante 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
“I have it in my head that when we’re born, God writes things down on our hearts. See, on some people’s hearts… — Benjamin Alire Saenz Copy Share Image
But love was always something heavy for me. Something I had to carry. — Benjamin Alire Saenz Copy Share Image
“There's nothing ordinary about you. Nothing ordinary at all.” — Benjamin Alire Sáenz Inspirational Copy Share Image
“Everyone expected something from me. Something I just couldn't give.” — Benjamin Alire Sáenz Copy Share Image
“I was looking for you without knowing what I was looking for.” — Benjamin Alire Sáenz Copy Share Image
“He’s so cute I would have thrown myself in front of a moving car too.” — Benjamin Alire Sáenz Copy Share Image
