Benjamin Alire Saenz Quotes

Dante and I were cursed with parents who cared. Why couldn't they just leave us alone? What ever happened to parents who were too busy or too selfish or just didn't give a shit about what their sons did?

Benjamin Alire Saenz

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• Dante and I were cursed with parents who cared. Why couldn't they just leave us alone? What ever happened to parents who were too busy or too selfish or just didn't give a shit about what their sons did?

  

  Benjamin Alire Saenz
  • Parents
  • Selfish
  • Sons