Benjamin Alire Saenz Quotes

I realized that Sam wasn’t angry at all. She was hurt. At that moment I heard all the hurt she’d ever held. And it seemed to me that the whole house had quieted down to listen to her pain.

Benjamin Alire Saenz

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• I realized that Sam wasn’t angry at all. She was hurt. At that moment I heard all the hurt she’d ever held. And it seemed to me that the whole house had quieted down to listen to her pain.

  

  Benjamin Alire Saenz
  • Pain
  • Hurt
  • Angry