Alex Torno

“So much of me died. It took me a long time to feel alive again. Life, Ari, can be an ugly thing. But life can be so incredibly beautiful. It’s both. And we have to learn to hold the contradictions inside us without despairing, without losing our hope.”
― Benjamin Alire Sáenz, Aristotle and Dante Dive into the Waters of the World

“Your aunt Ophelia took the words I don’t belong and wrote them on her heart. It took her a long to time to take those words and throw them out of her body. She threw out those words one letter at a time. She wanted to know why.”
― Benjamin Alire Sáenz, Aristotle and Dante Dive into the Waters of the World

“Just because someone says they love you doesn’t mean they’ll never say it to someone else.”
― Becky Albertalli, Here's to Us

“I don't get why that's so bad. Why shouldn't I want to be with someone who makes me feel worthy? Someone who wants to be with me for the long run?”
― Becky Albertalli, What If It's Us