244 Quotes by Benjamin Alire Sáenz

I wondered if my smile was as big as hers. Maybe as big. But not as beautiful.

It was fun, wasn't it?'The way he said that. Like he knew we would never play that game again. We were too old now. We'd lost something and we both knew it.

Everyone was always becoming someone else.Sometimes, when you were older, you became someone younger. And me, I felt old. How can aguy who’s about to turn seventeen feel old?

What did being connected to the world get you? It got you sadder. Look, the world is not sane. If you stay connected to an insane world, well, you just go crazy. This is not a complicated theory. It's just simple logic.

The thing about tears is that they can be as quiet as a cloud floating across the desert sky.

I had to be the world's biggest loser, writing about hair, and stuff about my body. No wonder I stopped keeping a journal. It was like keeping a record of my own stupidity. Why would I want to do that?

I like the sketch,' I said.'Why?''Because it looks just like my chair.''Is that the only reason?''It holds something,' I said.'What?''Emotion.''Tell me,' Dante said.'It's sad. It's sad and lonely.''Like you,' he said.I hated that he saw who I was. 'I'm not sad all the time,' I said.

You are smart, Ari. Very smart. And anyway, being smart isn't everything. People just make fun of you. My dad says it's all right if people make fun of you. You know what he said to me? He said, 'Dante, you're an intellectual. That's who you are. Don't be ashamed of that.'"I noticed his smile was a little sad. Maybe everyone was a little sad. Maybe so.

Some boys... Are perfect shits. & other boys are very, very beautiful.