We'd been so sure of ourselves, but now we were lost.

— Benjamin Alire Sáenz

We think there's a reason for everything, as if life was supposed to make sense. It's not exactly math. People aren't numbers. Everybody knows life doesn't make any sense at all, so we just better deal with the whole mess. Have a beer. Have a cup of coffee. Have a piece of cake. Go out to a movie. Enjoy the Popcorn.

— Benjamin Alire Sáenz

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.

— Benjamin Alire Sáenz

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

— Benjamin Alire Sáenz

What is this thing you call substance abuse? All I want to 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 young When the monsters of night have stolen the sun. I'm tired of searching for words in the sky. All I want to do is drink and die. Nothing is real. It's all a big lie. All I want to do is drink and die. There's nothing cool about being young When the monsters of night have stolen the sun.

— Benjamin Alire Sáenz

When I walked into the house, I went in search of one of my dad's bottles. Not that they were that hard to find. He hid bottles all over the house. I knew where they all were. That was one of my hobbies, finding where my dad hid his bottles. It was my version of looking for Easter eggs. In my house, Easter lasted forever.

— Benjamin Alire Sáenz

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

— Benjamin Alire Sáenz

Words could be like food - they felt like something in your mouth. They tasted like something.

— Benjamin Alire Sáenz

Wow, a world without darkness. How beautiful was that?

— Benjamin Alire Sáenz

You can’t expect to go both ways when you’re driving on a one-way street.

— Benjamin Alire Sáenz