Last Night I Sang to the Monster
A source page for quotes linked to Benjamin Alire Saenz.
“I didn't think it was my job to accept what everyone said I was and who I should be.”
“If you want to be a writer, you don't want to live in a comfortable place.”
“If you can quit for a day, you can quit for a lifetime.”
“The summer sun was not meant for boys like me. Boys like me belonged to the rain.”
“But love was always something heavy for me. Something I had to carry.”
“I wondered if my smile was as big as hers. Maybe as big. But not as beautiful.”
“You are thirst and thirst is all I know”
“The heart can get really cold if all you've known is winter.”