Homer, Vergil, Dante, Shakespeare, Goethe, Proust - not exactly authors one expects to whiz through or take lightly, but like all works… — Andre Aciman Books Copy Share Image
“He was okay with himself, the way he was okay with his body, with his looks, with his antic backhand, with his… — André Aciman Mind Copy Share Image
“Oliver: You never did forgive me, did you? Elio: Forgive? There was nothing to forgive. If anything, I'm grateful for everything. I… — André Aciman Family Copy Share Image
“But this thing that almost never was still beckons, I wanted to tell him. They can never undo it, never unwrite it,… — André Aciman Andre-aciman Copy Share Image
“They are embossed on every song that was a hit that summer, in every novel I read during and after his stay,… — André Aciman Books 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
“Well, since you're not going to do anything with me—can you at least read me a story? I'd settle for that. I… — André Aciman Alone Copy Share Image
“Outside, the night was settling fast. I liked the peace and the silence of the countryside, with its fading alpenglow and darkling… — André Aciman Art Copy Share Image
There comes the time at every Passover seder when someone will open a door to let in the prophet Elijah. At that… — Andre Aciman Door Copy Share Image
“If I liked listening to him, it was not because I believed or even respected the stuff he mouthed off every day… — André Aciman Clash of civilizations Copy Share Image
“New York may end up being no more than a scrim, a spectral film that is none other than our craving for… — André Aciman Cities-spaces-places 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
“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
“Before long, my mother's friend, who, at the last minute, decided to stay for dinner, was asked to sit where I'd sat… — André Aciman Andre-aciman Copy Share Image
“And why wouldn't I show him how like butter I was? Because I was afraid of what might happen then? Or was… — André Aciman Just Ask Copy Share Image
“Like the subconscious, like love, like memory, like time itself, like every single one of us, the church is built on the… — André Aciman Andre-aciman Copy Share Image
“He kissed me on the mouth, but it wasn't the kiss after the Pasquino, when he'd pressed me hard against the wall… — André Aciman Andre-aciman Copy Share Image
“I needed him as far away as possible if I was to feel better and forget—but I needed him close by in… — André Aciman Pay the price 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 Choked 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
“As I watched my own reflection on the glass panels of the Green Line car heading out to Newton that evening, I… — Andre Aciman Masks 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
“Intelligent? He was more than intelligent. What you two had had everything and nothing to do with intelligence. He was good, and… — André Aciman Andre-aciman Copy Share Image
“What did you write on the back of the postcard?” “It was going to be a surprise.” “I’m too old for surprises.… — André Aciman Surprise 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 Courage Copy Share Image
“Oliver: But there's the catch: you're still twenty years younger than those gathered around you, which is why I can be twenty-four… — André Aciman Parallel lives Copy Share Image
“I already told you, I’m okay.” “Did I tell you I was okay too?” “Yes.” He smiled. I looked away, because he… — André Aciman Gaze 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
“How you live your life is your business. But remember, our hearts and our bodies are given to us only once. Most… — André Aciman Business Copy Share Image
“We got into the car. It was my first time. The car was spotless and I liked its smell, the smell of… — André Aciman Bad feelings Copy Share Image
“I was reminded of a married chatelaine who, after sleeping with a young vassal one night, had him seized by the palace… — André Aciman Executed Copy Share Image
“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
“He renamed everything around him to snub the world and show there were other ways of seeing and calling things and that… — André Aciman French language Copy Share Image
“The reason why the book begins with the wish to “play back” how the two met is precisely to see if repeating… — André Aciman Aciman Copy Share Image
“If you remember everything, I wanted to say, and if you are really like me, then before you leave tomorrow, or when… — André Aciman Call me Copy Share Image
“We had never taken a shower together. We had never even been in the same bathroom together. "Don't flush," I'd said, "I… — André Aciman Compassion Copy Share Image
“You know what things. By now you of all people should know.” Silence. “Why are you telling me all this?” “Because I… — André Aciman Knew 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 Andre-aciman Copy Share Image
“You know what things. By now you of all people should know.” Silence. “Why are you telling me all this?” “Because I… — André Aciman Knew Copy Share Image
“Now may I taste it?” I shook my head. He dipped a finger into the core of the peach and brought it… — André Aciman Shook Head Copy Share Image
