Quotes by Benjamin Alire SÃƒÂ¡enz

About Benjamin Alire SÃƒÂ¡enz:

Benjamin Alire Sáenz is an American poet, novelist and writer of children's books.

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People who have monsters recognize each other. They know each other without even saying a word.

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Will you teach me how to paint?” “Just paint.” “I’m not any good.” “Do it for therapy. You can go to art school later.

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What is it with you and that book?" Rafael laughed. "We have a personal relationship.

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I wish I didn’t have a heart that God wrote Sad on.

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Talking is fantastically overrated. Too many people do too much of it. It stuns the hell out of me how so many people like to talk. Sharkey, for example. If talking is so good for you, what the hell is Sharkey doing here? The guy tears me up. Talking...

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The heart can get really cold if all you've known is winter.

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I have this idea stuck in my head that you have to be born beautiful in order to dream beautiful things. God didn't write beautiful on my heart. I'm stuck with all my bad dreams. Bad dreams for bad boys. I guess that's the way it is for me. Look, the...

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I couldn't exactly storm away in anger. I'd just have to close my eyes and shut out the universe.

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

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

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He looked tired but at that moment, as we sat at the kitchen table, there was something young about him. And I thought that maybe he was changing into someone else. Everyone was always becoming someone else.

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

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One summer night I fell asleep hoping the world would be different when I woke. In the morning, when I opened my eyes, the world was the same.

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You're fighting this war in the worst way possible." "I don't know how to fight it, Dad." "You should ask for help," he said. "I don't know how to do that, either.

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I also knew I had inherited the name of the world's most famous philosopher. I hated that. Everyone expected something from me. Something I just couldn't give. So I renamed myself Ari. If I switched the letter, my name was Air. I thought it might be ...

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I didn’t think it was my job to accept what everyone said I was and who I should be.

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Try it again," I said. "Kiss me." "No," he said. "Kiss me." "No," And then he smiled. "You kiss me." I placed my hand on the back of his neck. I pulled him toward me. And kissed him. I kissed him. And I kissed him. And I kissed him. And I kissed him....

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I wished it was raining," he said. "I don't need the rain," I said. "I need you.

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He tried not to laugh, but he wasn't good at controlling all the laughter that lived inside of him.

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When I was a boy, I used to wake up thinking that the world was ending.

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There are worst things in life than kissing boys

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Author Bio

NameBenjamin Alire Sáenz
Descriptionpoet, novelist and writer from the United States
BornAugust 16, 1954
CountryUnited States Of America
ProfessionWriter; Novelist
AwardsLambda Literary Award