“They can never undo it, never unwrite it, never unlive it, or relive it—it’s just stuck there like a vision of fireflies… — André Aciman Dreams Copy Share Image
“We belonged to each other, but had lived so far apart that we belonged to others now. Squatters, and only squatters, were… — André Aciman Far apart Copy Share Image
“What I didn’t realize was that wanting to test desire is nothing more than a ruse to get what we want without… — André Aciman Desire Copy Share Image
“What is life without this? which was why, in the end, it was I, and not he, who blurted out, not once,… — André Aciman Dreams Copy Share Image
“The secret was out of my body. So what if he saw. So what if he caught me. So what, so what,… — André Aciman Copy Share Image
“We may never speak about this again. But I hope you’ll never hold it against me that we did. I will have… — André Aciman Andre-aciman Copy Share Image
“What he was after hangs between the visible and the invisible, between the here and now and the seemingly elsewhere.” — André Aciman Art Copy Share Image
“I then asked his assistant for a pen, opened up the hardbound edition, and wrote, Zwischen Immer und Nie, for you in… — André Aciman Book Copy Share Image
“What is life without this? which was why, in the end, it was I, and not her, who blurted out, not once,… — André Aciman Dreams Copy Share Image
“If he didn’t touch me, then I’d be the one to touch him, and if he didn’t respond, I’d let my mouth… — André Aciman Judaism Copy Share Image
“If he knew, if he only knew that I was giving him every chance to put two and two together and come… — André Aciman Coming of age Copy Share Image
A hidden nerve is what every writer is ultimately about. It's what all writers wish to uncover when writing about themselves in… — Andre Aciman Age Copy Share Image
“Oliver: I'm like you. I remember everything. Elio: I stopped for a second. If you remember everthing, I wanted to say, and… — André Aciman Call Me By Your Name 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 Copy Share Image
“I want you as intermezzo. So I said, I want you as both, or as in between. “He seemed taken aback. “Naughty,… — André Aciman First time Copy Share Image
“As I tried to doze, the incident on the piazzetta, lost somewhere amid the Piave war memorial and our ride up the… — André Aciman Andre-aciman Copy Share Image
“We are not written for one instrument alone; I am not, neither are you.” — André Aciman Music making Copy Share Image
“I had rehearsed losing him not just to ward off suffering by taking it in small doses beforehand; but, as all superstitious… — André Aciman Darkness Copy Share Image
“Did I want to be like him? Did I want to be him? Or did I just want to have him?” — André Aciman Copy Share Image
“Everyone goes through a period of Traviamento - when we take, say, a different turn in life, the other via . Dante… — André Aciman Choices-and-consequences Copy Share Image
“True,” said someone, “your ‘invigoration’ works only on those who no longer have it.” — André Aciman 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 Copy Share Image
“It was not flirting, just verbal ping-pong. I was dying to slam the ball but too polite to stop the back-and-forth.” — André Aciman Ping pong Copy Share Image
“Was my father someone else? And if he was someone else, who was I?” — André Aciman Father Copy Share Image
