“ He was still experimenting with kissing girls even though he said he'd rather be kissing boys. That's exactly what he said. I didn't know exactly what to think about that, but Dante was going to be Da… Benjamin Alire Sáenz
“ I have it in my head that when we’re born, God writes things down on our hearts. See, on some people’s hearts he writes happy and on some people’s hearts he writes sad and on some people’s hearts he w… Benjamin Alire Sáenz
“ Do you think it will always be this way?”“What?”“I mean, when do we start feeling like the world belongs to us?”I wanted to tell him that the world would never belong to us. “I don't know,” I said. “T… Benjamin Alire Sáenz
“ I wanted to tell her happy was hard for me. But I think she already knew that. Benjamin Alire Sáenz
“ I think the therapists around this place think that if you know yourself, then somehow you’ll be better and healthier and you’ll be able to leave this place and live out your days as a happy and lovin… Benjamin Alire Sáenz
“ Words could be like food - they felt like something in your mouth. They tasted like something. Benjamin Alire Sáenz
“ Healthy people have healthy boundaries. Unhealthy people, well, let’s not get into that. It’s like this: some people have walls which means they let no one in. This equals unhealthy. Some people let e… Benjamin Alire Sáenz
“ I thought masturbating was embarassing. I didn't even know why. It just was. It was like having sex with yourself. Having sex with yourself was really weird. Autoeroticism. Benjamin Alire Sáenz
“ I mean, when do we start feeling like the world belongs to us?I wanted to tell him that the world would never belong to us. 'I don't know', I said. 'Tomorrow. Benjamin Alire Sáenz
“ One summer night I fell asleep hoping the world would be different when I woke. In the morning, when I opened my eyes, the world was the same. Benjamin Alire Sáenz
“ Someday, I'm going to have to break some of your rules, Mom.""I know," she said. "Try to do it behind my back, will you?¨You can bet on that, Mom.¨We both sat there and laughed. Benjamin Alire Sáenz
“ Maybe all that silence about my brother did something to me. I think it did. Not talking can make a guy pretty lonely Benjamin Alire Sáenz
“ The problem is not that I don't love my mother and father. The problem is that I don't know how to love them. Benjamin Alire Sáenz
“ Maybe it wasn't a good idea to rank the people in your life. That's not how the heart worked. The heart didn't make lists. Benjamin Alire Sáenz
