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“But I also know that sometimes—not always, but in the best of cases—innocence lost can be knowledge gained, and I think this is one of those times.”
― David Arnold, The Strange Fascinations of Noah Hypnotik

“The storm was fierce. But I wasn’t afraid. I knew my father’s love was fiercer than any storm.”
― Benjamin Alire Sáenz, The Inexplicable Logic of My Life

“That’s how she loved people—​by feeding them.”
― Benjamin Alire Sáenz, The Inexplicable Logic of My Life

“I thought of what my father had told me one summer day. I’d fallen down, and my knee was all scraped up and bleeding. We sat on the back porch, and he cleaned my wound and put a Band-Aid on it. The sky had cleared after a summer storm. I’d been crying, and he tried to get me to smile. “Your eyes are the color of sky. Did you know that?” I don’t know why I remembered this. Maybe it was because I knew he was telling me he loved me.”
― Benjamin Alire Sáenz, The Inexplicable Logic of My Life