Ari E Dante Quotes

#1. The truth is, Ari, I miss El Paso. When we first moved there, I hated it. But now I think about El Paso all the time. And I think of you. Always, Dante P.S.

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#2. I wished it was raining," he said.
"I don't need the rain," I said. "I need you.

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#3. There are worst things in life than kissing boys

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#4. You belong everywhere you go. That's just how you are.

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#5. What do you love, Ari? What do you really love?"
"I love the desert. God, I love the desert."
"It's so lonely."
"Is it?"
Dante didn't understand. I was unknowable.

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#6. My father nodded. 'Ari, the problem isn't just that Dante's in love with you. The real problem
for you anyway
is that you're in love with him.

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#7. ..they were always asking me lots of questions. Questions I didn't want to answer. They wanted to get to know me. Yeah, well, I wasn't interested in being known. I wanted to buy a t-shirt that read: I AM UNKNOWNABLE.

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#8. I wonder if he'd been as beautiful as Dante. And I wondered why I thought that.

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#9. Try it again," I said. "Kiss me."
"No," he said.
"Kiss me."
"No," And then he smiled. "You kiss me."
I placed my hand on the back of his neck. I pulled him toward me. And kissed him. I kissed him. And I kissed him. And I kissed him. And I kissed him. And he kept kissing me back.

Benjamin Alire Saenz

#10. He tried not to laugh, but he wasn't good at controlling all the laughter that lived inside of him.

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