“because he was the man he was, one strong thing came out of the confusion: love. ‘Love’ had caused him trouble in the recent past, but he went with it anyway, stubbornly holding to the idea that ‘love’ — whenever… — Andre Alexis Copy Share Image
The book it reminded me of most is Henry Miller’s The Books in My Life. Like Miller, Shields manages to convey his affection for… — Andre Alexis Copy Share Image
In our male-oriented God phase, it's always about conquering and control of life and death. This power leads to a kind of thinking that… — Andre Alexis Copy Share Image
“Prince's words had not been meant as a warning. Rather, he had been playing. He had been pretending. He had been speaking for speaking's… — André Alexis Copy Share Image
Now I'm a Catholic agnostic by the way. Yet those myths still live within me. — Andre Alexis Copy Share Image
“It was not boring, said Majnoun, but it was strange. The people were always looking away to where you couldn't see. The whole time,… — André Alexis Copy Share Image
“Also intriguing was all the bowing. The association of height and status did not, of course, faze him. If anything, it made the Japanese… — André Alexis Copy Share Image
“The city had been built by people from innumerable elsewheres. It was a chaos of cultures ordered only by its long streets. It belonged… — André Alexis Copy Share Image
“The group of people in front of her was jovial and paid her no attention. The group behind was much the same. She was… — Andre Alexis Copy Share Image
“He was a committed leader, capable of - or prone to - instinctive decisions. More: he could put aside thought in the service of… — André Alexis Copy Share Image
“most of the significant moments in her life were really significant only long after they had happened.” — Andre Alexis Copy Share Image
“The white dogs with black spots were the worst. It wasn't so much their aggression; other dogs were sometimes even more aggressive. It was… — André Alexis Copy Share Image
