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Benjamin Alire Saenz

"You know what the worst thing about adults is? ...They're not always adults. But that's what I like about them."

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"You know what the worst thing about adults is? ...They're not always adults. But that's what I like about them."

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"That's the worst of growing up, and I'm beginning to realize it. The things you wanted so much when you were a child don't seem half so wonderful to you when you get them."

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"Mature adults gravitate toward new values and understandings, not just rehashing and blind acceptance of past patterns and previous learning. This is an ongoing process and maturity demands lifelong learners."

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"Young women dream of romance and passion as men dream of conquest because those dreams are necessary goads to leaving home and growing up."

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"Through spiritual maturity you will see new ways to avoid unnecessary suffering; wiser ways to endure unavoidable hardships with grace, and opportunities to turn your pain into lessons of service and healing for others."

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"The American male doesn't mature until he has exhausted all other possibilities."

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"What is this thing you call substance abuse? All I wanna do is forget and get loose.Drinking and smoking over and overWhat's so great about a life that's sober?There's nothing cool about being youngWhen the monsters of night have stolen the sun.I'm tired of searching for words in the sky.All I wanna do is drink and die. Nothing is real. It's all a big lie. All I wanna do is drink and die. There's nothing cool about being youngWhen the monsters of night have stolen the sun."
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"The summer sun was not meant for boys like me. Boys like me belonged to the rain."
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"How could I have ever been ashamed of loving Dante Quintana?"
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"Life was like that- there would always be something scratching at the door. And whatever was scratching would just scratch and scratch until you opened the door."
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"All I knew is that sometimes my father was sad. I hated that he was sad. It made me sad too. I didn't like sad."
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"You're fighting this war in the worst way possible.' 'I don't know how to fight it, Dad.'You should ask for help,' he said.'I don't know how to do that, either."
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"But the thing is, I didn't make my friends happy and they didn't make me happy. All we did was get stoned out of our minds. That didn't have anything to do with happiness."
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"We think there's a reason for everything, as if life was supposed to make sense. It's not exactly math. People aren't numbers. Everybody knows life doesn't make any sense at all, so we just better deal with the whole mess. Have a beer. Have a cup of coffee. Have a piece of cake. Go out to a movie. Enjoy the Popcorn."
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"I wish I didn't have a heart that God wrote Sad on."
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