244 Quotes by Benjamin Alire Sáenz

Me tomara tiempo hallarme de nuevo en el mundo. Tengo muchas dificultades que enfrentar, pero ya no estoy corriendo.

Another secret of the universe: Sometimes pain was like a storm that came out of nowhere. The clearest summer could end in a downpour. Could end in lightning and thunder.

The summer sun was not meant for boys like me. Boys like me belonged to the rain.

Summer was here again. Summer, summer, summer. I loved and hated summers. Summers had a logic all their own and they always brought something out in me. Summer was supposed to be about freedom and youth and no school and possibilities and adventure and exploration. Summer was a book of hope. That's why I loved and hated summers. Because they made me want to believe.

Sometimes, you do things and you do them not because you’re thinking but because you’re feeling

Summer was a book of hope. That's why I loved and hated summers. Because they made me want to believe.

If you can quit for a day, you can quit for a lifetime.

I wanted to tell him not to cry anymore, tell him that what those boys did to that bird didn’t matter. But I knew it did matter. It mattered to Dante. And, anyway, it didn’t do any good to tell him not to cry because he needed to cry. That’s the way he was.

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.