Ben Monopoli Quotes & Sayings

And that's the best we can hope for from art, you know? That it changes you for the better. That it lights up the world a little bit. — Ben Monopoli

I was bi and my heart was off-limits to no one, at least not for any reason like what they had between their legs or whether their chests were flat or round. And maybe because of that I never really could believe or understand that Griff, or anyone else, could be deterred from falling in love by such a trivial thing as gender. — Ben Monopoli

I feel so dirty now," I whispered dramatically.
"I need a chemical baaath." (Oliver) — Ben Monopoli

It's not about who you sleep with, or whether you know about sports or tools or have a pearl-wearing wife or whether commercials make you cry. [ ... ] it's about whether you step up. When something hard comes along. A man steps up. He doesn't dodge it or run away from it or try to push it onto someone else. He steps up. Even if it isn't his responsibility. And that's why there are so many guys and so few men. Because stepping up is hard. — Ben Monopoli

For as long as we can remember," [Griff] said, "I mean literally our whole conscious lives, time has been neatly divided into semesters and years. Each year completely distinguishable and unique. First grade, third grade. We didn't measure by age, we measured by grade. Like I know I broke my arm in sixth grade but I'd have to do the math to figure out what year that was, or how old I was. — Ben Monopoli

I have learned ... that memories aren't things that have to pile up and overwhelm you. They're just colors ... that shade all the new things you feel. — Ben Monopoli

I bet you know someone who could use a few naked jocks in their life. — Ben Monopoli

Young people think they are invincible, that nothing bad will ever happen to them, and then something changes: they fall in love. And the world begins to seem a lot more fragile. — Ben Monopoli

I knew from the first moment I saw him that I'd never turn down anything this guy asked of me. — Ben Monopoli

Practically every guy is the perfect guy the first night, so why ever bother with a second? — Ben Monopoli

You know you're in a tough place in your life when you decide now's a good time to start Moby Dick. — Ben Monopoli

I don't think of Superman as being angsty, though."
"That's the problem. Most people don't. But really he's pure angst. He has a Fortress of Solitude, you know? What do you think he does there, throw parties? No. He broods. — Ben Monopoli

A painter," he said, as though the word were an insult. "I'm a writer."
"You're a writer? I'm a writer."
"What do you write?"
"Stories. Books. A book. Fiction."
"Fiction. Pfft. That's not writing."
"What do you write?"
"I write the truth."
"Fiction is true. It doesn't have to be factual to be true."
"Says you. Have you been published?"
"As a matter of fact I have. My novel sold over 65,000 copies."
"All to your mom."
"My mom didn't even know about it. — Ben Monopoli

Because it's never really sex until someone squirts. — Ben Monopoli

We're sharing a bed, Vince. I'd say we're a skooch past uncomfortable already, knowi'msayin?" "... — Ben Monopoli

The bathroom door opened and Griff emerged in a cloud of steam, the grand entrance of every B-movie alien I'd ever seen. Maybe this wasn't Griff at all but some interstellar prankster setting me up. Forget about abductions, anal probes and secret alien cookbooks - the real fun was in poking at the Earthlings' old heartaches. — Ben Monopoli

Fiction is true. It doesn't have to factual to be true. — Ben Monopoli