“There is a law somewhere that says that when one person is thoroughly smitten with the other, the other must unavoidably be… — André Aciman Copy Share Image
“I was going for the devious smile that would suddenly light up his face each time he'd read my mind, when all… — André Aciman Psychology Copy Share Image
“suddenly stopped myself, knowing, by an inverse logic familiar to superstitious people, that the very foretaste of sorrows to come presumed a… — André Aciman Fear Copy Share Image
“How you live your life is your business. But remember, our hearts and our bodies are given to us only once. Most… — André Aciman Business Copy Share Image
“If I liked listening to him, it was not because I believed or even respected the stuff he mouthed off every day… — André Aciman Clash of civilizations 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
“I wanted him dead too, so that if I couldn't stop thinking about him and worrying about when would be the next… — André Aciman Next time Copy Share Image
“He renamed everything around him to snub the world and show there were other ways of seeing and calling things and that… — André Aciman French language Copy Share Image
“How you live your life is your business. But remember, our hearts and our bodies are given to us only once. Most… — André Aciman Business Copy Share Image
“I’d hold you and kiss you if I could.” “Me too.” I came up to his ear as he was just about… — André Aciman Copy Share Image
“Was I glad to be alone now that sleep was upon me? Yes. Well, no. Yes. But maybe not. Yes, yes, yes.… — André Aciman Happiness Copy Share Image
“The look on his face became like the tiny snapshot of a beloved that soldiers take with them to the battlefield, not… — André Aciman Andre-aciman Copy Share Image
“If there is any truth in the world, it lies when I’m with you.” — André Aciman Love Copy Share Image
Perhaps we were friends first and lovers second. But then perhaps this is what lovers are. — André Aciman Firsts Copy Share Image
“And yet another part of me knew that if he showed up tonight and I disliked the start of whatever was in… — André Aciman Andre-aciman Copy Share Image
“Besides, thinking that I’d already lost her might ease the tension between us and allow me to regain my footing and act… — André Aciman Desire 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
“This was the best person I’d ever known in my life. I had chosen him well.” — André Aciman Best person Copy Share Image
“Never in my life had I been so happy. Nothing could go wrong, everything was happening my way, all the doors were… — André Aciman Andre-aciman Copy Share Image
“I was mistaken—and I don’t think I was—that what we had between us was the total transparency that exists among friends only.… — André Aciman Friendship Copy Share Image
“In years to come, if the book was still in his possession, I wanted him to ache. Better yet, I wanted someone… — André Aciman Andre-aciman Copy Share Image
“I know desire when I see it—and yet, this time, it slipped by completely. I was going for the devious smile that… — André Aciman Desire Copy Share Image
“Did I want to be like him? Did I want to be him? Or did I just want to have him? Or… — André Aciman Desire Copy Share Image
“Or does the presence of the other, who yesterday morning felt almost like an intruder, become ever more necessary because it shields… — André Aciman Good morning Copy Share Image
