Tiffany

“Before I nodded off, I thought about what my dad had said—​that life wasn’t all nice and neat like a book, and life didn’t have a plot filled with characters who said intelligent and beautiful things. But he wasn’t right about that. See, my dad said intelligent and beautiful things. And he was real. He was the most real thing in the entire world. So why couldn’t I be like him?”
― Benjamin Alire Sáenz, The Inexplicable Logic of My Life

“Life can be hard. I know how hard it can be.”
And then she said, “Déjate querer.”
Let yourself be loved.”
― Benjamin Alire Sáenz, The Inexplicable Logic of My Life

“Why does it hurt when you love someone? What is it with the human heart? What was it with my heart? I wondered if there was a way to keep her in this world forever.”
― Benjamin Alire Sáenz, The Inexplicable Logic of My Life

“I’ll always remember that look on your face. You saw me. You’ve always seen me. And I think that’s all that anyone wants. That’s why Fito loves coming over here. He’s been invisible all his life. And all of a sudden he’s visible. Seeing someone. Really seeing someone. That’s love.”
― Benjamin Alire Sáenz, The Inexplicable Logic of My Life