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

What is this thing you call substance abuse? All I wanna do is forget and get loose.Drinking and smoking over and overWhat's so great about a life that's sober?There's nothing cool about being youngWhen the monsters of night have stolen the sun.I'm tired of searching for words in the sky.All I wanna do is drink and die. Nothing is real. It's all a big lie. All I wanna do is drink and die. There's nothing cool about being youngWhen the monsters of night have stolen the sun.

I hated that word. "Have some self-respect, Sammy. The B word is the N word for girls. What kind of a feminist are you, anyway?

And prayer? How could you pray to a God you wanted to hit?

..they were always asking me lots of questions. Questions I didn't want to answer. They wanted to get to know me. Yeah, well, I wasn't interested in being known. I wanted to buy a t-shirt that read: I AM UNKNOWNABLE.

Tal vez sí. Tal vez en este lugar, en donde se supone que me harán sanar, simplemente me regalen una buena escoba. Así podre barrer el suelo de mi cerebro. Quizá le diga a Adam que no necesito recordar. Solo necesito una buena escoba.

But what really bugged the living crap out of me was that my mother had more friends than I did. How saw was that?

Ad we interviewing each other?Something like that.What position am I applying for?Best friend.I thought I already had the job.Don't be so sure, you arrogant son of a bitch.

I live in an ecotone. Employment must coexist with goofing off. Responsibility must coexist with irresponsibility.