“Every once in a while, sudden soreness triggered a twinge of discomfort and shame. Whoever said the soul and the body met… — André Aciman Pineal gland Copy Share Image
“We were too close, I thought, I'd never been so close to him except in a dream or when he cupped his… — André Aciman Andre-aciman 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
There was a time when Stefan Zweig was the most widely read author in the world. He was lionized everywhere, translated into… — Andre Aciman Books Copy Share Image
“I liked it when our feet were aligned, left with left, and struck the ground at the same time, leaving footprints on… — André Aciman Gay-romance 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 Aftertaste Copy Share Image
“I knew they didn't suspect a thing, and it bothered me—though I wouldn't have wanted it otherwise. It told me that if… — André Aciman Knew 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
“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
“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
“This is heaven.” And I wouldn’t hear him say another word for at least an hour. There was nothing I loved more… — André Aciman Every morning 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 was born into a Turkish family that had acquired Italian citizenship. Many members of the family subsequently became British, French, Brazilian,… — Andre Aciman Born Copy Share Image
“I remembered the scene in the Bible when Jacob asks Rachel for water and on hearing her speak the words that were… — André Aciman Bible Copy Share Image
“Today, the pain, the stoking, the thrill of someone new, the promise of so much bliss hovering a fingertip away, the fumbling… — André Aciman Adventure Copy Share Image
“From this moment on, I thought, from this moment on—I had, as I’d never before in my life, the distinct feeling of… — André Aciman Life Copy Share Image
“You never did forgive me, did you?' 'Forgive? There was nothing to forgive. If anything, I'm grateful for everything. I remember good… — André Aciman Andre-aciman 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
“I had come with truth and human kindness in my heart and that I was leaving it on his sheets now to… — André Aciman Human kindness Copy Share Image
“But I couldn't even remember last night's anxieties. They were completely overshadowed by what followed them and seemed to belong to a… — André Aciman Andre-aciman Copy Share Image
“Cor cordium, heart of hearts,” I replied, referring to the moment when a friend had seized Shelley’s heart before the flames had… — André Aciman Engulfed Copy Share Image
“The story so aroused me that practically without warning the orgasm was almost upon me. I sensed I could just stop then… — André Aciman Aroused Copy Share Image
“Just be quiet, say nothing, and if you can't say "yes," don't say "no," say "later." Is this why people say "maybe"… — André Aciman Copy Share Image
“I didn’t know what I was afraid of, nor why I worried so much, nor why this thing that could so easily… — André Aciman Anxiety Copy Share Image
“there were people in the world who, for all their gruff arrogance, can, with scarcely a few notes, easily persuade you they… — André Aciman Arrogance Copy Share Image
“I wish I could be with you all,' I responded, getting all worked up myself over someone I had almost entirely stopped… — André Aciman Andre-aciman Copy Share Image
“When every Jew and every Arab will have killed each other, there'll still be one Arab and one Jew left and they'll… — André Aciman Friendship Copy Share Image
As a memoirist, I may claim to write the easier-to-remember things, but I could also just be writing to sweep them away.… — Andre Aciman Could Copy Share Image
“I think he was better than me, Papa.” “I am sure he’d say the same about you, which flatters the two of… — André Aciman Papa Copy Share Image
“I thought I could ever want another living soul, gently, softly, and, with the kindness one Jew extends to another, work his… — André Aciman Kindness Copy Share Image
“I wanted him to remember the morning on Monet's berm when I'd kissed him not the first but the second time and… — André Aciman Gaze Copy Share Image
“My father, always the most indulgent among us, but also the most observant, had figured the cauboi out. “É un timido, he’s… — André Aciman Father 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
“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
“This felt special. Like showing someone your private chapel, your secret haunt, the place where, as with the berm, one comes to… — 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
“What are you doing?” he finally asked. “Nothing.” I didn’t know myself, but his body gradually began to reciprocate the movement, somewhat… — André Aciman Toes Copy Share Image
“I know you’re not sleeping, they’d say, and gently press the soft, overripe peach on my cock till I’d pierced the fruit… — André Aciman Overripe Peach Copy Share Image
“The thud my heart gave when I saw him unannounced both terrified and thrilled me. I was afraid when he showed up,… — André Aciman Copy Share Image
“Seeing him and thinking he'd join us for dinner tonight only to hear his peremptory Esco taught me there are certain wishes… — André Aciman Andre-aciman Copy Share Image
