The Book of What Remains Quotes

“You are what you remember.”
― Benjamin Alire Sáenz, The Book of What Remains

“We are all collateral damage for someone's beautiful
Ideology, all of us inanimate in the face of the onslaught.”
― Benjamin Alire Sáenz, The Book of What Remains

“Listen, the road to happiness is a long fucking road trip. You can't take
The freeway. Back roads, buddy, that's all you got. Unpaved back roads
And bad weather. Storms, baby. Don't expect to get there fast.
And don't expect yourself or your car to arrive in mint condition.”
― Benjamin Alire Sáenz, The Book of What Remains

“. . . Alive
is a place. Alive is the new word for home.”
― Benjamin Alire Sáenz, The Book of What Remains

“Have you noticed that some people don't give
A damn and just keep on shopping?”
― Benjamin Alire Sáenz, The Book of What Remains

“I don't want to dream all the dead
Animals we have made extinct. I want to dream a sky
Full of hummingbirds. I would like to die in such a storm.”
― Benjamin Alire Sáenz, The Book of What Remains