244 Quotes by Benjamin Alire Sáenz

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 Dante and if I was going to be his friend, I would just have to learn to be okay with it.

Not everyone who walks around on two legs is good and decent. Not everyone who walks on two legs knows how to use their intelligence.

I don't know. I don't know shit about love. And even though I'm gay, I don't know shit about being gay.

I thought it might be a great thing to be the air. I could be something and nothing all at the same time. I could be necessary and also invisible. Everyone would need me and no one would be able to see me.

I mean, okay, let's say we're all going to get better. Let's just pretend we will. Fine. Where are we going to go after we get better? What are we going to do with all of our newfound healthy behaviors? Back out into the world that screwed us up and screwed us over. This does not sound promising.

El mundo era tan silencioso. Había una barrera entre el mundo y yo. Y pensé por un momento que el mundo nunca me quiso y ahora estaba tomando una oportunidad para deshacerse de mí.

I wasn't big on family gatherings. Too many intimate strangers. I smiled a lot, but really I never knew what to say.

Being on the verge of seventeen could be harsh and painful and confusing. Being on the verge of seventeen really suck.

People aren't like books—they're not like books at all. Books make sense. People don't.