Emma

“I always felt like there was too much of me to stuff into my own flesh. And I wanted to tell her that we who liked words so much, we had so little to say. Julianna was right, words didn't mean as much as I thought.”
― Benjamin Alire Sáenz, Sammy and Juliana in Hollywood

“Someone had named the barrio we lived in Hollywood. Maybe it was a joke, maybe it was a prayer.”
― Benjamin Alire Sáenz, Sammy and Juliana in Hollywood

“There's nothing you can smoke or drink that will make you forget, not one damn thing. And that's sad, Sammy.”
― Benjamin Alire Sáenz, Sammy and Juliana in Hollywood

“I really did believe that God had planted leaves in our hearts so that we could remember Eden.”
― Benjamin Alire Sáenz, Sammy and Juliana in Hollywood