“Two words from him, and I had seen my pouting apathy change into I’ll play anything for you till you ask me… — André Aciman Change Copy Share Image
If there is pain, nurse it, and if there is a flame, don't snuff it out, don't be brutal with it. Withdrawal… — André Aciman Age Copy Share Image
“My mother, who hated what she called his Americanisms , ended up calling him Il cauboi —the cowboy. It started as a… — André Aciman Affectionate Copy Share Image
“Why did I do it?" I finally asked him. "Because you couldn't stand it, because you were choking, that's why. Perfectly understandable."… — André Aciman Divorce Copy Share Image
“we were eloping together with return-trip tickets to separate destinations.” — André Aciman Copy Share Image
“But I had heeded the warning, and as is said of juries who have heard inadmissible evidence before it is stricken from… — André Aciman Borrowed time Copy Share Image
“that his hair, turning blonder every day, caught the sun before the sun was completely out in the morning; that his billowy… — André Aciman Every day Copy Share Image
“You are the only person I'd like to say goodbye to when I die, because only then will this thing I call… — André Aciman Call-me-by-your-name Copy Share Image
“I began reluctantly to steal from the present to pay off debts I knew I'd incur in the future.” — André Aciman Time 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
“People who read are hiders. They hide who they are. People who hide don’t always like who they are.” — André Aciman Books Copy Share Image
“I look back on those days and regret none of it, not the risks, not the shame, not the total lack of… — André Aciman Shame Copy Share Image
“For weeks I had mistaken his stare for barefaced hostility. I was wide of the mark. It was simply a shy man's… — André Aciman Andre-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
“It was not him I hated—but the thing we’d done. I didn’t want him looking into my heart just yet. Instead, I… — André Aciman Feeling sick Copy Share Image
“I knew I was making you uncomfortable, but I just had to make sure.” “So you knew all this time?” “Let’s say… — André Aciman Copy Share Image
“The better a writer, the better he erases his footprints- yet the better the writer, the more he wants us to intuit… — André Aciman Books Copy Share Image
“I wish I hadn’t spoken,” I finally said. I knew as soon as I’d said it that I’d broken the exiguous spell… — André Aciman Copy Share Image
“...he, of all people, understood all about these hidden mainsprings in the twisted gadgetry of the soul.” — André Aciman Soul Copy Share Image
“Elio: What were you doing? Oliver: Thinking. Elio: About? Oliver: Things. Going back to the States. The courses I have to teach… — André Aciman Books Copy Share Image
“Smile, and the world smiles back. “Oliver, I’m happy,” I said. He looked at me in wonderment. “You’re just horny.” “No, happy.” — André Aciman Copy Share Image
“Do you know what you’re saying?” This time I looked out to the sea and, with a vague and weary tone that… — André Aciman Time Copy Share Image
“Whatever happens between us, Elio, I just want you to know. Don’t ever say you didn’t know.” He was still chewing. In… — André Aciman Whatever happens Copy Share Image
“Of course, I feared that the joy I felt, like certain trees, had taken root at the edge of a craggy cliff.… — André Aciman Last Word Copy Share Image
“Kiss me now, before it’s totally gone,” I said. His mouth would taste of peaches and me.” — André Aciman Copy Share Image
