Quote by Benjamin Alire Sáenz

“If we studied birds ,maybe we could learn to be free.”

— Benjamin Alire Sáenz

“It felt like there was a whole world inside her.”

— Benjamin Alire Sáenz

“Breakfast seemed to be a good time for throwing your emotions around. Jodie said that at this place emotions were like Frisbees – people…

— Benjamin Alire Sáenz

“I loved the different rules of summer.”

— Benjamin Alire Sáenz

“I decided that maybe we left each other alone too much. Leaving each other alone was killing us.”

— Benjamin Alire Sáenz

Why do we smile? Why do we laugh? Why do we feel alone? Why are we sad and confused? Why do we read poetry?…

— Benjamin Alire Saenz

“See, I think there are roads that lead us to each other. But in my family, there were no roads - just underground tunnels.…

— Benjamin Alire Sáenz

“That was the first time I did coke. My body, it was electric. For the first time in my life I felt as if…

— Benjamin Alire Sáenz

“Did the thought ever occur to you that I might care about you? People are allowed to care about each other." "You don't know…

— Benjamin Alire Sáenz

“Words exist only in theory. And then one ordinary day you run into a word that exists only in theory. And you meet it…

— Benjamin Alire Sáenz

“I don't like remembering. Remembering makes me feel things. I don't like to feel things. I'm thinking I could spend the rest of my…

— Benjamin Alire Saenz

“In the distance, I can see a storm coming in, the dark clouds and the lightning on the horizon moving towards me. I wait…

— Benjamin Alire Sáenz