“So what if he saw? Now he knows. What never crossed my mind was that someone else who lived under our roof,… — André Aciman Friendship Copy Share Image
Whoever said the soul and the body met in the pineal gland was a fool. It's the asshole, stupid. — André Aciman Body Copy Share Image
Under Nasser, Egyptian nationalism was built on little more than pan-Arab irredentism and anti-Western and anti-Israeli sentiment. Mr. Mubarak retained these powerful… — Andre Aciman Liberal Copy Share Image
As irony would have it, the very person who inspired me to write a memoir... was the only person to be ejected… — Andre Aciman Brother Copy Share Image
“Amor ch’a null’amato amar perdona. Love, which exempts no one who’s loved from loving, Francesca” — André Aciman Love Copy Share Image
All that remains is dreammaking and strange remembrance. — André Aciman All that remains Copy Share Image
“What I wanted to preserve was the turbulent gasp in his voice which lingered with me for days afterward and told me… — André Aciman Choices-and-consequences Copy Share Image
“As he drove away, I began to think that what kept us together was perhaps not even our romance with an imaginary… — André Aciman Friendship Copy Share Image
“Was he my home, then, my homecoming? You are my homecoming. When I’m with you and we’re well together, there is nothing… — André Aciman Home Copy Share Image
What great writers have done to cities is not to tell us what happens in them, but to remember what they think… — Andre Aciman Done Copy Share Image
“Occasionally you'll say "Excuse me" when I happen to stand in your way, and "Thank you" when your ball drifts into my… — André Aciman Hope Copy Share Image
“I didn’t have any time left, because he brought his lips to my mouth, a warm, conciliatory, I’ll-meet-you-halfway-but-no-further kiss till he realized… — André Aciman Losing myself Copy Share Image
“Are you going to be okay?' 'I thought I was. I'll get over it.' I'd heard too many characters say the same… — André Aciman Andre-aciman Copy Share Image
“His smell reminded me of Marzia’s, and how she too always seemed to exude that brine of the seashore on those days… — André Aciman Love Copy Share Image
Marseilles, Barcelona, Trieste, Istanbul - each romances the Mediterranean in its own fashion, mostly by embracing the sea in sweeping C-shaped bays… — Andre Aciman Barcelona Copy Share Image
“Listen to me, Monsieur Chaucer screwing La Princesse de Cléves . I hope he tears you to pieces and exposes you for… — André Aciman Enduring love Copy Share Image
“expatriation, like love, is not only a condition that devastates and reconfigures the self; it is, like love, a trope, a figure… — André Aciman Love Copy Share Image
“I could tell he was tasting it at that very instant. Something that was mine was in his mouth, more his than… — André Aciman Time Copy Share Image
“All I had to do was find the source of happiness in me and not rely on others to supply it the… — André Aciman Happiness Copy Share Image
“In his heart of hearts, I am sure, he couldn't wait to say the Pledge of Allegiance. I asked him what did… — Andre Aciman Pledge of allegiance Copy Share Image
“Or, when I wasn't practicing the guitar and he wasn't listening to his headphones, still with his straw hat flat on his… — André Aciman Andre-aciman Copy Share Image
“I liked forgetting my cares. Thanks to wine, you didn't forget them, they just stopped scaring you for a while.” — André Aciman Copy Share Image
“Green, which he seldom wore: acquiescent, eager to learn, eager to speak, sunny—why wasn’t he always like this?” — André Aciman Copy Share Image
“I always tried to keep him within my field of vision. I never let him drift away from me except when he… — André Aciman Dreams Copy Share Image
