But love was always something heavy for me. Something I had to carry.
“But love was always something heavy for me. Something I had to carry.” Benjamin Alire Saenz
“But love was always something heavy for me. Something I had to carry.” Benjamin Alire Saenz
“Absent parents aren’t abusive per se. They’re neglectful. They love in a very imperfect way. There are parents like that, and they do love their … Read More
“I’m an ex-Catholic priest. I have such a complex relationship to Catholicism. On the one hand, if I called myself a Catholic it would have … Read More
“It’s a complex thing when you’re writing a novel, because so much of it is conscious and planned and deliberate, and so much of it … Read More
“You are thirst and thirst is all I know” Benjamin Alire Saenz
“We have this huge discourse on family in this country, but no one deconstructs it the same way. People talk about “the American family.” The … Read More
“I do that with all of my characters. They have one of the flaws I have, and I zero in on that flaw.” Benjamin … Read More
“The heart can get really cold if all you’ve known is winter.” Benjamin Alire Saenz
“Young men and women come of age when they look at their parents and see them not only as their parents but as people. They … Read More
“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 … Read More
“Water was something he loved, something he respected. He understood its beauty and its dangers. He talked about swimming as if it were a way … Read More
“The summer sun was not meant for boys like me. Boys like me belonged to the rain.” Benjamin Alire Saenz
“If you can quit for a day, you can quit for a lifetime.” Benjamin Alire Saenz
“I didn’t think it was my job to accept what everyone said I was and who I should be.” Benjamin Alire Saenz
“Words were different when they lived inside of you.” Benjamin Alire Saenz
“Why do we smile? Why do we laugh? Why do we feel alone? Why are we sad and confused? Why do we read poetry? Why … Read More
“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 … Read More
“For a moment, I thought of the word happy and it was a word that just, well, it felt like it was visiting me. I … Read More
“I wondered about the science of storms and how sometimes it seemed that a storm wanted to break the world and how the world refused … Read More
“I wondered if my smile was as big as hers. Maybe as big. But not as beautiful.” Benjamin Alire Saenz