“Who can resist sleep at two or three in the afternoon in these sunlit parts of the Mediterranean?” — André Aciman Afternoon Copy Share Image
“lemonade, suntan lotion, books, espadrilles, sunglasses, colored pens, and music, which he listened to with headphones, so that it was impossible to… — André Aciman Books Copy Share Image
“Call me by your name and I’ll call you by mine,” which I’d never done in my life before and which, as… — André Aciman Life Copy Share Image
“I knew that he was filled with grief when he finally kissed me one last time in one of the bathroom stalls… — André Aciman Grief Copy Share Image
“What does this say about the life you've lived, then?' 'Part of it— just part of it —was a coma, but I… — André Aciman Andre-aciman Copy Share Image
“A thought raced through my mind: Would my descendants know what was spoken on this very piazzetta today? Would anyone? Or would… — André Aciman Fate Copy Share Image
“I'd heard him tell a woman who complained he never helped her achieve orgasm, that she should treasure the memory of her… — André Aciman French revolution Copy Share Image
Exiles see double, feel double, are double. When exiles see one place, they're also seeing - or looking for - another behind… — Andre Aciman Behind Copy Share Image
“Later! always left a sharp aftertaste to what until then may have been a warm, heart-to-heart moment. Later! didn’t close things neatly… — André Aciman Copy Share Image
“We rip out so much of ourselves to be cured of things faster than we should that we go bankrupt by the… — André Aciman Aciman Copy Share Image
“How I wished I had shoulders like his. Maybe I wouldn’t long for them if I had them?” — André Aciman Copy Share Image
“You’re too smart not to know how rare, how special, what you two had was.” — André Aciman Copy Share Image
“Leaning out into the evening air, I knew that this might never be given to us again, and yet I couldn't bring… — André Aciman Andre-aciman Copy Share Image
“I had all along, without seeming to, without even admitting it, already been trying—and failing—to win him over.” — André Aciman Copy Share Image
“But it might have started way later than I think without my noticing anything at all. You see someone, but you don’t… — André Aciman Copy Share Image
“I meant—” “I know what you meant. Sore.” “But did you mind when I—?” I turned my face the other way, as… — André Aciman Copy Share Image
“Before long, my mother's friend, who, at the last minute, decided to stay for dinner, was asked to sit where I'd sat… — André Aciman Andre-aciman Copy Share Image
“Like the subconscious, like love, like memory, like time itself, like every single one of us, the church is built on the… — André Aciman Andre-aciman Copy Share Image
“I should have learned to do what he’d have done. Shrugged my shoulders—and been okay with pre-come. But that wasn’t me. It… — André Aciman Copy Share Image
“Nothing else had changed. I had not changed. The world hadn’t changed. Yet nothing would be the same.” — André Aciman Copy Share Image
'Almost' is about uncertainty soon to be dismissed but not quite dispelled. 'Almost' is about revelation to come but not entirely promised. — Andre Aciman About Copy Share Image
“Just because someone says he'll see you at midnight doesn't mean you're automatically bound to hug him when you've barely shaken hands… — André Aciman Andre-aciman Copy Share Image
