244 Quotes by Benjamin Alire Sáenz

Apuesto a que a veces podías encontrar todos los misterios del universo en la mano de alguien.

Quiero decir ¿Cuándo empezamos a sentir que el mundo nos pertenece?...No lo se, le dije, mañana.

Sometimes parents loved their sons so much that they made a romance out of their lives. They thought our youth could help us overcome everything. Maybe moms and dads forgot about this one small fact: being on the verge of seventeen could be harsh and painful, and confusing. Being on the verge of seventeen could really suck.

There are some words I'll never learn to spell.

I knew that a part of him would never be the same. They cracked more than his ribs.

Scars. A sign that you had been hurt. A sign that you had healed. Had I been hurt? Had I healed? Maybe we just lived between hurting and healing.

My father nodded. 'Ari, the problem isn't just that Dante's in love with you. The real problem--for you anyway--is that you're in love with him.

A girl is like a tree? Yeah, and a guy is about as smart as a piece of dead wood infested with termites

I was fifteen. I was bored. I was miserable.