“My father had never spoken of goodness this way before. It disarmed me.” — André Aciman Disarmed Copy Share Image
“If there is any truth in the world, it lies when I’m with you.” — André Aciman Lies Copy Share Image
“the place where, as with the berm, one comes to be alone, to dream of others.” — André Aciman Dream Copy Share Image
“In a few days he'd be gone. If only he'd be back exactly a year from now.” — André Aciman Andre-aciman Copy Share Image
“P.S. We are not written for one instrument alone; I am not, neither are you.” — André Aciman Instrument Copy Share Image
“Wanting to test desire is nothing more than a ruse to get what we want without admitting that we want it.” — André Aciman Desire Copy Share Image
“What I didn’t realize was that wanting to test desire is nothing more than a ruse to get what we want without… — André Aciman Desire Copy Share Image
“That steely look of yours, Oliver, I’d rather die than face it once I’ve told you.” — André Aciman Copy Share Image
“None of our summer guests had ever been as freewheeling. But everyone loved him for it, the way everyone grew to love… — André Aciman Copy Share Image
“Try again later meant, I haven’t the courage now. Things weren’t ready just yet. Where I’d find the will and the courage… — André Aciman Courage Copy Share Image
“I used intentionally compromised words because I knew no one would suspect a false bottom to the archaic pallets of shadings I… — André Aciman Copy Share Image
The problem with Egypt is that there is no public trust. There is no trust, period. — Andre Aciman Egypt Copy Share Image
“Perhaps that was supposed to mean Absolutely, when I let my tongue loose: “Do I like you, Oliver? I worship you.” There,… — André Aciman Copy Share Image
“For you, however you think of it, it’s still fun and games, which it should be. For me it’s something else which… — André Aciman Games Copy Share Image
“how we move through time, how time moves through us, how we change and keep changing and come back to the same.… — André Aciman Change Copy Share Image
“But before he’d stepped out of the cab and walked into our home, it would never have seemed remotely possible that someone… — André Aciman Copy Share Image
“He loved the sticky taste. What had I done? I told him and pointed to the bruised evidence sitting on my desk.… — André Aciman Copy Share Image
“No,” I answered. But I had answered too swiftly for someone who meant what he was saying. To soften the ambiguity of… — André Aciman Copy Share Image
“It would never have occurred to him that in placing the apricot in my palm he was giving me his ass to… — André Aciman Apricot Copy Share Image
“I put his pillow over my face, kissed it savagely, and, wrapping my legs around it, told it what I lacked the… — André Aciman Courage Copy Share Image
“Like Che Guevara, he'd appear wearing his beret, his pointed beard with the drooping mustache, and the cocksure swagger of someone who… — André Aciman Revolutionary Copy Share Image
“Maybe it was the alcohol, maybe it was the truth, maybe I didn't want things to turn abstract, but I felt I… — André Aciman Andre-aciman Copy Share Image
“Of course, he had no idea what I’d been thinking minutes earlier, but the firm, rounded cheeks of the apricot with their… — André Aciman Copy Share Image
“Not a fire of passion, not a ravaging fire, but something paralyzing, like the fire of cluster bombs that suck up the… — André Aciman Feelings Copy Share Image
“I reached for him and let my hand rest on his crotch. He did not move. I should have slipped my hand… — André Aciman Copy Share Image
“Oliver: I'm like you. I remember everything. Elio: I stopped for a second. If you remember everthing, I wanted to say, and… — André Aciman Copy Share Image
“I wanted to hear his window open, hear his espadrilles on the balcony, and then the sound of my own window, which… — André Aciman Desire Copy Share Image
“I smiled right away, because I caught his attempt to backpedal, which instantly brought complicit smiles to our faces, like a passionate… — André Aciman Copy Share Image
“Fear not. It will come. At least I hope it does. And when you least expect it. Nature has cunning ways of… — André Aciman Fear Copy Share Image
“...in my world, a man who darns his own socks is not a man.” — André Aciman Greatness Copy Share Image
“We had found the stars, you and I. And this is given once only.” — André Aciman Astronomy Copy Share Image
“This was the best person I’d ever known in my life. I had chosen him well.” — André Aciman Copy Share Image
“You’re speaking volumes, my friend, and tonight we’re doing short poems only.” — André Aciman Friendship Copy Share Image
The first thing a writer needs to know is what kind of writer he/she is. — Andre Aciman Copy Share Image
