Benjamin Alire Saenz Quotes

Top 100 wise famous quotes and sayings by Benjamin Alire Saenz

  1. Home
    2. ›
  2. Benjamin Alire Saenz Quotes

Benjamin Alire Saenz Famous Quotes & Sayings

Discover top inspirational quotes from Benjamin Alire Saenz on Wise Famous Quotes.

Benjamin Alire Saenz quotes: As far as I was concerned, the sun could have melted the blue right off the sky. Then the sky could be as miserable as I was. As far as I was concerned, the sun could have melted the blue right off the sky. Then the sky could be as miserable as I was.
Benjamin Alire Saenz quotes: Because rooms were always full, full of memories and voices and people who were either dead or impossible to love. Because rooms were always full, full of memories and voices and people who were either dead or impossible to love.
Benjamin Alire Saenz quotes: Man loneliness was much bigger than boy loneliness. Man loneliness was much bigger than boy loneliness.
Benjamin Alire Saenz quotes: Why do you like to cuss?" "Everybody likes to cuss." "I don't." "They don't call you Mr. Excitement for nothing. Why do you like to cuss?" "Everybody likes to cuss." "I don't." "They don't call you Mr. Excitement for nothing.
Benjamin Alire Saenz quotes: Do you think, Ari, that love has anything to do with the secrets of the universe?" "I don't know. Maybe. Do you think, Ari, that love has anything to do with the secrets of the universe?" "I don't know. Maybe.
Benjamin Alire Saenz quotes: I wonder if he'd been as beautiful as Dante. And I wondered why I thought that. I wonder if he'd been as beautiful as Dante. And I wondered why I thought that.
Benjamin Alire Saenz quotes: I hated being volunteered. The problem with my life was that it was someone else's idea. I hated being volunteered. The problem with my life was that it was someone else's idea.
Benjamin Alire Saenz quotes: I wanted to tell her happy was hard for me. But I think she already knew that. I wanted to tell her happy was hard for me. But I think she already knew that.
Benjamin Alire Saenz quotes: I knew what he was saying, and I wished to God he was someone else, someone who didn't have to say things out loud. I knew what he was saying, and I wished to God he was someone else, someone who didn't have to say things out loud.
Benjamin Alire Saenz quotes: Feeling sorry for myself was an art. I think a part of me liked doing that. Feeling sorry for myself was an art. I think a part of me liked doing that.
Benjamin Alire Saenz quotes: He tried not to laugh, but he wasn't good at controlling all the laughter that lived inside of him. He tried not to laugh, but he wasn't good at controlling all the laughter that lived inside of him.
Benjamin Alire Saenz quotes: For an instant she seemed to be nothing more than light. For an instant she seemed to be nothing more than light.
Benjamin Alire Saenz quotes: We looked at each other. We didn't really smile. But we were smiling at each other on the inside. We looked at each other. We didn't really smile. But we were smiling at each other on the inside.
Benjamin Alire Saenz quotes: Highways are nice and paved, and they have signs telling you which way to go. Life isn't like that at all. Highways are nice and paved, and they have signs telling you which way to go. Life isn't like that at all.
Benjamin Alire Saenz quotes: See the thing about artists is that they tell stories. See the thing about artists is that they tell stories.
Benjamin Alire Saenz quotes: But why? Why don't I want to fight when fight is all I've ever known and loved? I've fought for every inch of joy I've ever known. But why? Why don't I want to fight when fight is all I've ever known and loved? I've fought for every inch of joy I've ever known.
Benjamin Alire Saenz quotes: God, his heart could be loud sometimes, loud as if it had its own will, its own logic, its own voice. God, his heart could be loud sometimes, loud as if it had its own will, its own logic, its own voice.
Benjamin Alire Saenz quotes: I wondered if my smile was as big as hers. Maybe as big. But not as beautiful. I wondered if my smile was as big as hers. Maybe as big. But not as beautiful.
Benjamin Alire Saenz quotes: You fight yourself, Zach. And you keep fighting yourself. And it's killing you because you're fighting the best part of yourself. You fight yourself, Zach. And you keep fighting yourself. And it's killing you because you're fighting the best part of yourself.
Benjamin Alire Saenz quotes: I wasn't big on family gatherings. Too many intimate strangers. I smiled a lot, but really I never knew what to say. I wasn't big on family gatherings. Too many intimate strangers. I smiled a lot, but really I never knew what to say.
Benjamin Alire Saenz quotes: I was darker than he was. And I'm not just talking about our skin coloring. He told me I had a tragic vision of life. "That's why you like Spider-Man. I was darker than he was. And I'm not just talking about our skin coloring. He told me I had a tragic vision of life. "That's why you like Spider-Man.
Benjamin Alire Saenz quotes: She had all this love in her eyes, and I swear I could drown in that love. She had all this love in her eyes, and I swear I could drown in that love.
Benjamin Alire Saenz quotes: Some boys ... Are perfect shits. & other boys are very, very beautiful. Some boys ... Are perfect shits. & other boys are very, very beautiful.
Benjamin Alire Saenz quotes: Don't you have hobbies?""Sure. Staring at the blank walls. Don't you have hobbies?"
"Sure. Staring at the blank walls.
Benjamin Alire Saenz quotes: He looked like an angel. And all I wanted to do was put my fist through his jaw. I couldn't stand my own cruelty. He looked like an angel. And all I wanted to do was put my fist through his jaw. I couldn't stand my own cruelty.
Benjamin Alire Saenz quotes: Right then I witnessed the world they lived in go completely silent. The world was flooding with their tears. Right then I witnessed the world they lived in go completely silent. The world was flooding with their tears.
Benjamin Alire Saenz quotes: But my father, the man who was in my room and had turned on the light, he'd raised me. He'd tamed me with all the love that lived inside him. But my father, the man who was in my room and had turned on the light, he'd raised me. He'd tamed me with all the love that lived inside him.
Benjamin Alire Saenz quotes: Her eyes were as sad as they were fierce. Her eyes were as sad as they were fierce.
Benjamin Alire Saenz quotes: But you know we're always going to have to rely on the goodwill of those of you who are straight for our survival. And that's the damned truth. But you know we're always going to have to rely on the goodwill of those of you who are straight for our survival. And that's the damned truth.
Benjamin Alire Saenz quotes: I didn't understand how you could live in a mean world and not have any of that meanness rub off on you. How could a guy live without meanness? I didn't understand how you could live in a mean world and not have any of that meanness rub off on you. How could a guy live without meanness?
Benjamin Alire Saenz quotes: You know what I think, Ari? I think Mexicans don't like me. You know what I think, Ari? I think Mexicans don't like me.
Benjamin Alire Saenz quotes: About stuff. Stupid stuff. And then he asked me, "Why do Mexicans like nicknames?" "I don't know. Do we? About stuff. Stupid stuff. And then he asked me, "Why do Mexicans like nicknames?" "I don't know. Do we?
Benjamin Alire Saenz quotes: No wonder I stopped keeping a journal. It was like keeping a record of my own stupidity. No wonder I stopped keeping a journal. It was like keeping a record of my own stupidity.
Benjamin Alire Saenz quotes: I decided that maybe we left each other alone too much. Leaving each other alone was killing us. I decided that maybe we left each other alone too much. Leaving each other alone was killing us.
Benjamin Alire Saenz quotes: 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. 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 Saenz quotes: Sometimes when people talk, they don;t always tell the truth. Sometimes when people talk, they don;t always tell the truth.
Benjamin Alire Saenz quotes: Weird?""Yeah, weird. But in a good way.""Good," I said, "I've always wanted to be weird in a good way. Weird?"
"Yeah, weird. But in a good way."
"Good," I said, "I've always wanted to be weird in a good way.
Benjamin Alire Saenz quotes: You can't expect to go both ways when you're driving on a one-way street. You can't expect to go both ways when you're driving on a one-way street.
Benjamin Alire Saenz quotes: Why did I have to be a good boy just because I had a bad-boy brother? I hated the way my mom and dad did family math. Why did I have to be a good boy just because I had a bad-boy brother? I hated the way my mom and dad did family math.
Benjamin Alire Saenz quotes: A heart so pure it was nothing but storm. A heart so pure it was nothing but storm.
Benjamin Alire Saenz quotes: Everyone was becoming someone else. Sometimes, when you were older, you became someone younger. And me, I felt old. Everyone was becoming someone else. Sometimes, when you were older, you became someone younger. And me, I felt old.
Benjamin Alire Saenz quotes: Turning on the radio and just sitting there was my version of praying. Turning on the radio and just sitting there was my version of praying.
Benjamin Alire Saenz quotes: I didn't think it was my job to accept what everyone said I was and who I should be. I didn't think it was my job to accept what everyone said I was and who I should be.
Benjamin Alire Saenz quotes: From what we cannot hold the stars are made. From what we cannot hold the stars are made.
Benjamin Alire Saenz quotes: How was I supposed to know him when he didn't let me? How was I supposed to know him when he didn't let me?
Benjamin Alire Saenz quotes: Maybe that's why I felt sad and empty - because I'd missed him all my life. Maybe that's why I felt sad and empty - because I'd missed him all my life.
Benjamin Alire Saenz quotes: She could almost see his smile. A sunrise. Breaking the darkness. She could almost see his smile. A sunrise. Breaking the darkness.
Benjamin Alire Saenz quotes: We all fight our own private wars. We all fight our own private wars.
Benjamin Alire Saenz quotes: I think sometimes our minds get so full of something that we just have to empty them out. I think sometimes our minds get so full of something that we just have to empty them out.
Benjamin Alire Saenz quotes: Who hurt you? When did it happen? How many times? Where? Tell me. Why do you hate yourself? Where do you keep the hurt? Who hurt you? When did it happen? How many times? Where? Tell me. Why do you hate yourself? Where do you keep the hurt?
Benjamin Alire Saenz quotes: Your pain's become the only light you know. You want to punish yourself. You think your life has to be a tragedy. Your pain's become the only light you know. You want to punish yourself. You think your life has to be a tragedy.
Benjamin Alire Saenz quotes: Why is there a riot in the heart when we love? Why is there a riot in the heart when we love?
Benjamin Alire Saenz quotes: He didn't know anyone could cry like that. A wind was coming from inside her. He didn't know anyone could cry like that. A wind was coming from inside her.
Benjamin Alire Saenz quotes: Moms and God generally get along pretty well. Moms and God generally get along pretty well.
Benjamin Alire Saenz quotes: People have parties because they're sad. They think a party will make them happy. People have parties because they're sad. They think a party will make them happy.
Benjamin Alire Saenz quotes: I FELL ASLEEP, HOPING THE WORLD would be different when I woke. I FELL ASLEEP, HOPING THE WORLD would be different when I woke.
Benjamin Alire Saenz quotes: You don't deserve this, Brian. I wanted to shove that phrase into his heart. But I knew he'd always believe that he did deserve what he got. You don't deserve this, Brian. I wanted to shove that phrase into his heart. But I knew he'd always believe that he did deserve what he got.
Benjamin Alire Saenz quotes: And why were the voices there, but he knew why and he knew they would always be there, the voices, knocking at his door, taking over his house. And why were the voices there, but he knew why and he knew they would always be there, the voices, knocking at his door, taking over his house.
Benjamin Alire Saenz quotes: Salvation is too heavy a load for a child to carry. Salvation is too heavy a load for a child to carry.
Benjamin Alire Saenz quotes: Grief was a terrible and beautiful thing. Grief was a terrible and beautiful thing.
Benjamin Alire Saenz quotes: I wished it was raining," he said."I don't need the rain," I said. "I need you. I wished it was raining," he said.
"I don't need the rain," I said. "I need you.
Benjamin Alire Saenz quotes: Your body is nothing but a money machine." That's what Uncle Rudy says. "That's the way it is. We're all just prostitutes. Your body is nothing but a money machine." That's what Uncle Rudy says. "That's the way it is. We're all just prostitutes.
Benjamin Alire Saenz quotes: Dejate querer. Let yourself be loved. Dejate querer. Let yourself be loved.
Benjamin Alire Saenz quotes: Because you didn't need words when you were sitting in the light. Because you didn't need words when you were sitting in the light.
Benjamin Alire Saenz quotes: Everyone expected something from me. Something I just couldn't give. Everyone expected something from me. Something I just couldn't give.
Benjamin Alire Saenz quotes: He drags it out of her, all those feelings she has. He drags it out of her, all those feelings she has.
Benjamin Alire Saenz quotes: It was like letting go of the sky. It was like letting go of the sky.
Benjamin Alire Saenz quotes: I was ashamed of myself for being ashamed of myself. I didn't like feeling like that. I was ashamed of myself for being ashamed of myself. I didn't like feeling like that.
Benjamin Alire Saenz quotes: You know what the worst thing about adults is?""No.""They're not always adults. But that's what I like about them. You know what the worst thing about adults is?"

"No."

"They're not always adults. But that's what I like about them.
Benjamin Alire Saenz quotes: Mima. No despair. She was dying, and there was not one sign of despair in her dancing eyes. Mima. No despair. She was dying, and there was not one sign of despair in her dancing eyes.
Benjamin Alire Saenz quotes: Dad? Dad, no. No. I can't. I can't. Why are you saying these things?""Because I can't stand watching all that loneliness that lives inside you. Dad? Dad, no. No. I can't. I can't. Why are you saying these things?"
"Because I can't stand watching all that loneliness that lives inside you.
Benjamin Alire Saenz quotes: You belong everywhere you go. That's just how you are. You belong everywhere you go. That's just how you are.
Benjamin Alire Saenz quotes: I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For. Yeah, that was a good song. My theme song. But really I thought it was everybody's theme song. I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For. Yeah, that was a good song. My theme song. But really I thought it was everybody's theme song.
Benjamin Alire Saenz quotes: In order to be wildly popular you had to make people believe that you were fun and interesting I just wasn't that much of a con artist. In order to be wildly popular you had to make people believe that you were fun and interesting I just wasn't that much of a con artist.
Benjamin Alire Saenz quotes: If you can quit for a day, you can quit for a lifetime. If you can quit for a day, you can quit for a lifetime.
Benjamin Alire Saenz quotes: The whole world seemed to be quiet and calm and I wanted to be the world and feel like that The whole world seemed to be quiet and calm and I wanted to be the world and feel like that
Benjamin Alire Saenz quotes: It was good to laugh. I wanted to laugh and laugh and laugh until I laughed myself into becoming someone else. It was good to laugh. I wanted to laugh and laugh and laugh until I laughed myself into becoming someone else.
Benjamin Alire Saenz quotes: I was getting an A for work. But not for talent. The story of my life. I was getting an A for work. But not for talent. The story of my life.
Benjamin Alire Saenz quotes: And he wished her anger would come back because she was strong when she was angry. And he wished her anger would come back because she was strong when she was angry.
Benjamin Alire Saenz quotes: You're such a school teacher. You're such a school teacher.
Benjamin Alire Saenz quotes: I didn't know what to do with that piece of information. So I just kept it inside. That's what I did with everything. Kept it inside. I didn't know what to do with that piece of information. So I just kept it inside. That's what I did with everything. Kept it inside.
Benjamin Alire Saenz quotes: I'd rather have a cup of coffee and a cigarette than live in all that honesty. I'd rather have a cup of coffee and a cigarette than live in all that honesty.
Benjamin Alire Saenz quotes: Maybe Sam was right about things hiding inside of us. How many more things were hiding there? Maybe Sam was right about things hiding inside of us. How many more things were hiding there?
Benjamin Alire Saenz quotes: And prayer? How could you pray to a God you wanted to hit? And prayer? How could you pray to a God you wanted to hit?
Benjamin Alire Saenz quotes: Tears. They're like seeds in a watermelon. Good for spitting out. Tears. They're like seeds in a watermelon. Good for spitting out.
Benjamin Alire Saenz quotes: And understood that rage could be quiet. Could be soft. Rage didn't have to be a killer. And understood that rage could be quiet. Could be soft. Rage didn't have to be a killer.
Benjamin Alire Saenz quotes: He looked like a summer morning when he smiled, exactly like a summer morning. He looked like a summer morning when he smiled, exactly like a summer morning.
Benjamin Alire Saenz quotes: Maybe tears were something you caught. Like the flu. Maybe tears were something you caught. Like the flu.
Benjamin Alire Saenz quotes: Dogs were lucky - they didn't need to live forever. They weren't as greedy as people. Dogs were lucky - they didn't need to live forever. They weren't as greedy as people.
Benjamin Alire Saenz quotes: And why was it that some guys had tears in them and some had no tears at all? Different boys lived by different rules. And why was it that some guys had tears in them and some had no tears at all? Different boys lived by different rules.
Benjamin Alire Saenz quotes: I knew that a part of him would never be the same. They cracked more than his ribs. I knew that a part of him would never be the same. They cracked more than his ribs.
Benjamin Alire Saenz quotes: But maybe there isn't a logic behind the word family. The truth is, it isn't always such a good word. But maybe there isn't a logic behind the word family. The truth is, it isn't always such a good word.
Benjamin Alire Saenz quotes: My father decided he would read everything that I read. Maybe that was our way of talking. My father decided he would read everything that I read. Maybe that was our way of talking.
Benjamin Alire Saenz quotes: But love was always something heavy for me. Something I had to carry. But love was always something heavy for me. Something I had to carry.
Benjamin Alire Saenz quotes: Do you think we'll ever discover all the secrets of the universe? Do you think we'll ever discover all the secrets of the universe?
Benjamin Alire Saenz quotes: I was fifteen.I was bored.I was miserable. I was fifteen.
I was bored.
I was miserable.
Benjamin Alire Saenz quotes: It's always been interesting to me how we mistake good genes for virtue. It's always been interesting to me how we mistake good genes for virtue.
Benjamin Alire Saenz quotes: . . . Alive is a place. Alive is the new word for home. . . . Alive
is a place. Alive is the new word for home.
Benjamin Alire Saenz quotes: They cracked more than his ribs. They cracked more than his ribs.
Benjamin Alire Saenz quotes: Have you noticed that some people don't giveA damn and just keep on shopping? Have you noticed that some people don't give
A damn and just keep on shopping?

Famous Authors

Popular Topics

Authors | Topics | About | Contact | Policy | Sitemap

Copyright © 2025 Wise Famous Quotes. All Rights Reserved.