Liam Owens

“He is half of my soul, as the poets say.”
― Madeline Miller, The Song of Achilles

“I’m not into all this academic stuff. Too much analysis. What ever happened to reading a book because you liked it?”
― Benjamin Alire Sáenz, Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe

“My dad picked me up and rocked me in the chair. I felt small and weak and I wanted to hold him back but I couldn’t because there wasn’t any strength in my arms, and I wanted to ask him if he had held me like this when I was a boy because I didn’t remember and why didn’t I remember. I started to think that maybe I was still dreaming, but my mother was changing the sheets on my bed so I knew that everything was real. Except me. I think I was mumbling. My father held me tighter and whispered something, but not even his arms or his whispers could keep me from trembling. My mom dried my sweaty body with a towel and she and my dad changed me into a clean T-shirt and clean underwear. And then I said the strangest thing, “Don’t throw my T-shirt away. Dad gave it to me.” I knew I was crying, but I didn’t know why because I wasn’t the kind of guy who cried, and I thought that maybe it was someone else who was crying.”
― Benjamin Alire Sáenz, Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe

“He looked like an angel. And all I wanted to do was put my fist through his jaw. I couldn't stand my own cruelty.”
― Benjamin Alire Sáenz, Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe