“I had worshipped them all once. I had touched them the way a civet rubs itself on the objects it covets. They’d… — André Aciman Copy Share Image
“Soon she'd spot the bruise behind the inflection. I blamed her for not seeing the bruise so I wouldn't be blamed for… — André Aciman Guilt Copy Share Image
My family were finally kicked out of Egypt in 1965 for being Jewish. We managed to remain longer than most. — Andre Aciman Being Copy Share Image
“Which was when a crazier notion possessed me. I undid his bed, took off his suit, and cuddled it between his sheets,… — André Aciman Copy Share Image
There is always going to be a risk in a new love, a difficulty to be overcome, and more so considering all… — André Aciman Challenges Copy Share Image
“ I don't care to remember —like I know myself —hinted at a realm of human experience only others had access to,… — André Aciman Andre-aciman Copy Share Image
Would I still feel this way on leaving the party tonight? Or would I find cunning ways to latch on to minor… — André Aciman Bother 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 Copy Share Image
“To be with you. To be with you, Oliver. With or without my bathing suit. To be with you on my bed.… — André Aciman Bathing suit Copy Share Image
If I could have him like this in my dreams every night of my life, I'd stake my entire life on dreams… — André Aciman Done Copy Share Image
“Oliver liked to keep the windows and shutters wide open in the afternoon, with just the swelling sheer curtains between us and… — André Aciman Life Copy Share Image
“I knew exactly what this spelled. Autumn was just around the corner.” — André Aciman Around the corner Copy Share Image
You cannot understand what it means to be poor until you have suffered it. — Andre Aciman Cannot Copy Share Image
“Wanting to test desire is nothing more than a ruse to get what we want without admitting that we want it.” — André Aciman Desire Copy Share Image
“In a few days he'd be gone. If only he'd be back exactly a year from now.” — André Aciman Andre-aciman Copy Share Image
“Among Arabs he was a Berber, among Frenchmen an Arab, among his own a nothing, as I'd been a Jew among Arabs,… — André Aciman Copy Share Image
“I like doing things for you, will do anything for you, just say the word, I liked you from day one, and… — André Aciman Communication Copy Share Image
“But I was in heaven. That he hadn’t forgotten our conversation about Celan gave me a shot of tonic I hadn’t experienced… — André Aciman Communication Copy Share Image
“Cor cordium, heart of hearts, I’ve never said anything truer in my life to anyone.” — André Aciman Life Copy Share Image
'My Night at Maud's,' 'Claire's Knee,' 'Chloe in the Afternoon' are grafted onto my life. — Andre Aciman Afternoon Copy Share Image
“Elio: This is my spot. All mine. I come here to read. I can't tell you the number of booksI've read here.… — André Aciman Books Copy Share Image
“I did not want passion, I did not want pleasure. Perhaps I didn’t even want proof. And I did not want words,… — André Aciman Books Copy Share Image
“My father would never object. He might make a face at first, then take it back.” — André Aciman Parenting Copy Share Image
“Only then, by a ricochet mechanism that totally surprised me, did it hit me. Had Oliver been doing the same with me?… — André Aciman Copy Share Image
