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Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire S谩enz
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it was amazing
bookshelves: young-adult, lgbtqiap, contemporary, favorites, 2017-reads, gay-mc



鈥淚 wanted to tell them that I'd never had a friend, not ever, not a real one. Until Dante. I wanted to tell them that I never knew that people like Dante existed in the world, people who looked at the stars, and knew the mysteries of water, and knew enough to know that birds belonged to the heavens and weren't meant to be shot down from their graceful flights by mean and stupid boys. I wanted to tell them that he had changed my life and that I would never be the same, not ever. And that somehow it felt like it was Dante who had saved my life and not the other way around. I wanted to tell them that he was the first human being aside from my mother who had ever made me want to talk about the things that scared me. I wanted to tell them so many things and yet I didn't have the words. So I just stupidly repeated myself. "Dante's my friend.鈥�
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“Words were different when they lived inside of you.”
Benjamin Alire S谩enz, Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe

Benjamin Alire S谩enz
“I bet you could sometimes find all the mysteries of the universe in someone's hand.”
Benjamin Alire S谩enz, Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe

Benjamin Alire S谩enz
“Another secret of the universe: Sometimes pain was like a storm that came out of nowhere. The clearest summer could end in a downpour. Could end in lightning and thunder.”
Benjamin Alire S谩enz, Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe

Benjamin Alire S谩enz
“The summer sun was not meant for boys like me. Boys like me belonged to the rain.”
Benjamin Alire S谩enz, Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe

Benjamin Alire S谩enz
“Maybe we just lived between hurting and healing.”
Benjamin Alire S谩enz, Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe

Benjamin Alire S谩enz
“But love was always something heavy for me. Something I had to carry.”
Benjamin Alire S谩enz, Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe

Benjamin Alire S谩enz
“And it seemed to me that Dante's face was a map of the world. A world without any darkness.

Wow, a world without darkness. How beautiful was that?”
Benjamin Alire S谩enz, Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe

Benjamin Alire S谩enz
“How could I have ever been ashamed of loving Dante Quintana?”
Benjamin Alire S谩enz, Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe

Benjamin Alire S谩enz
“I had a feeling there was something wrong with me. I guess I was a mystery even to myself.”
Benjamin Alire S谩enz, Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe

Benjamin Alire S谩enz
“All this time.

This was what was wrong with me. All this time I had been trying to figure out the secrets of the universe, the secrets of my own body, of my own heart. All of the answers had always been so close and yet I'd always fought them without even knowing it. From the minute I'd met Dante, I had fallen in love with him. I just didn't let myself know it, think it, feel it. My father was right. And it was true what my mother said. We all fight our own private wars.”
Benjamin Alire S谩enz, Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe

Benjamin Alire S谩enz
“One of the secrets of the universe was that our instincts were sometimes stronger than our minds.”
Benjamin Alire S谩enz, Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe

Benjamin Alire S谩enz
“I didn't understand how you could live in a mean world and not have any of that meanness rub off on you. How could a guy live without meanness?”
Benjamin Alire S谩enz, Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe

Benjamin Alire S谩enz
“I love swimming"
"I know," I said.
"I love swimming," he said again. He was quiet for a little while. And then he said, "I love swimming鈥攁nd you."
I didn't say anything.
"Swimming and you, Ari. Those are the things I love the most.”
Benjamin Alire S谩enz, Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe

Benjamin Alire S谩enz
“There are worse things in the world than a boy who likes to kiss other boys.”
Benjamin Alire S谩enz, Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe

Benjamin Alire S谩enz
“I decided that maybe we left each other alone too much. Leaving each other alone was killing us.”
Benjamin Alire S谩enz, Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe

Benjamin Alire S谩enz
“I knew that a part of him would never be the same. They cracked more than his ribs.”
Benjamin Alire S谩enz, Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe


Reading Progress

May 9, 2016 – Shelved
May 9, 2016 – Shelved as: to-read
October 8, 2016 – Shelved as: young-adult
October 8, 2016 – Shelved as: lgbtqiap
October 8, 2016 – Shelved as: contemporary
January 18, 2017 – Started Reading
January 18, 2017 –
page 0
0.0% "Yeah ur girl is finally getting on board with ari & Dante ALSO IM SO EXCITED"
January 18, 2017 –
page 36
9.23% ""I liked Dante. I really, really liked him" THIS IS SO CUTE WHAT THE HECK"
January 18, 2017 –
page 147
37.69% "Ari is such an interesting character omg I love this book"
January 19, 2017 –
page 227
58.21% ""I guess I'm going to tell my dad. I have this little speech. It starts something like this. Dad, I have something to say. I like boys. Don't hate me. Please don't hate me don't hate me don't hate me."

fhklllkkjkjkl this hurts bc this is relatable"
January 19, 2017 –
page 227
58.21% ""I'm going to disappoint then. Just like I've disappointed you"

Lol shit I'm crying"
January 20, 2017 – Finished Reading
February 2, 2017 – Shelved as: favorites
June 27, 2017 – Shelved as: 2017-reads
May 10, 2018 – Shelved as: gay-mc

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丑别濒别苍鉂o笍 I 'M SO EXCITED FOR YOUR REVIEW YOU'RE LITERALLY MY FAVORITE REVIEWER FROM SEEING YOUR REVIEW OF WE ARE THE ANTS


鉁�    jami   鉁� OMG !!!!!! you are so nice 2 me plsss. but it's gonna be a positive review thats fo r sure


Julia this book is so so good!!!!!! I love it!!!!


message 4: by Cat (new) - rated it 5 stars

Cat ahh i remember i cried the whole time while reading this one :')


鉁�    jami   鉁� Cat wrote: "ahh i remember i cried the whole time while reading this one :')"

EVERY SECOND LINE FELT LIKE A PUNCH TO THE ACTUAL STOMACH


Briar Jamie, your review made me cry - great job 馃挄


Dean_o Great review! And if I say that I truly mean it because you put into words how I feel about this book and queer books in general. Some of them are just written for us and as much as someone might love them they will never truly understand them. But it's always like this if you have to go through something. I just think it's beautiful that nowadays we don't have to feel alone anymore. We can read those books and talk about them with people who have gone through the same feelings and that is just about the most comforting it gets.


鉁�    jami   鉁� Laura wrote: "Jamie, your review made me cry - great job 馃挄"

I'm sorry you cried but also kind of happy hahaha glad you liked my review 馃挄


Dexter Ramos Love this review! <3


鉁�    jami   鉁� Dean_o wrote: "Great review! And if I say that I truly mean it because you put into words how I feel about this book and queer books in general. Some of them are just written for us and as much as someone might l..."

Wow it means a lot, and it's how I feel about lots of queer books too. It's definitely comforting to be able to read these books and share them with other people who've also loved them.


鉁�    jami   鉁� Dexter wrote: "Love this review! <3"

thankyou <3


dezzy What a beautiful and touching review! I completely agree with every word you said <3


Mariah Roze Our Diversity in All Forms Book Club is reading this for March. We鈥檇 love to have you join the discussion on it. :) /topic/show/...


message 14: by Enzo (new) - rated it 5 stars

Enzo Trigo probably my favorite part of the book


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