“We are not written for one instrument alone; I am not, neither are you.” — André Aciman Instrument Copy Share Image
“But remember, our hearts and our bodies are given to us only once. Most” — André Aciman Copy Share Image
“Because I didn't want to forget was the heart and soul of poetry.” — André Aciman Heart and soul Copy Share Image
“I want Billowy too. And the espadrilles. And the sunglasses. And you.” — André Aciman Andre-aciman Copy Share Image
“We had the stars, you and I. And this is given once only.” — André Aciman Astronomy Copy Share Image
With ritual, I punctuate my days till they no longer belong to who I am today but to who I'll be when… — Andre Aciman Copy Share Image
Losing his wealth, his home, the life he had built, killed my father. He didn't die right away; it took four decades… — Andre Aciman Father Copy Share Image
“Jewish?" "Moslem?" I replied. "Just like a Jew: always answers with a question." "Just like a Moslem: always answers the wrong question.” — André Aciman Judaism Copy Share Image
“Time makes us sentimental. Perhaps, in the end, it is because of time that we suffer.” — André Aciman Sentimental Copy Share Image
“We belonged to each other, but had lived so far apart that we belonged to others now.” — André Aciman Copy Share Image
“I was going for the devious smile that would suddenly light up his face each time he'd read my mind, when all… — André Aciman Psychology Copy Share Image
“It was the porousness, the fungibility, of our bodies—what was mine was suddenly his, just as what belonged to him could be… — André Aciman Copy Share Image
“Find Cupid everywhere in Rome because we'd clipped one of his wings and he was forced to fly in circles.” — André Aciman Andre-aciman Copy Share Image
“Did he ignore me the way I ignored him that morning: on purpose, to draw me out, to protect himself, to show… — André Aciman Copy Share Image
“softening the tone of my answer with a meaningfully evasive Perhaps that was supposed to mean Absolutely, when I let my tongue… — André Aciman Copy Share Image
“Then came the giggle, this time for real, as if she had committed a naughty prank but was not in the least… — André Aciman Copy Share Image
“I began, reluctantly, to steal from the present to pay off debts I knew I'd incur in the future. This, I knew,… — André Aciman Sunny afternoon Copy Share Image
“Looking at him now from the balustrade, I felt something so tender for him that it reminded me how eagerly I had… — André Aciman Andre-aciman Copy Share Image
“It never occurred to me that if one word from him could make me so happy, another could just as easily crush… — André Aciman Crush Copy Share Image
“He remembered and instantly moaned his own name three times, as we’d done during that night. I could feel myself already getting… — André Aciman Copy Share Image
“Let’s go now.” He extended his hand to help me get up. I grabbed it and, turning on my side facing the… — André Aciman Copy Share Image
“And on that evening when we grow older still we'll speak about these two young men as though they were two strangers… — André Aciman Andre-aciman 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
“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
“The peach was soft and firm, and when I finally succeeded in tearing it apart with my cock, I saw that its… — André Aciman 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
“I was treading water, trying neither to drown nor to swim to safety, just staying in place, because here was the truth… — André Aciman Speak the truth Copy Share Image
“I wished I were like those soldiers in films who run out of bullets and toss away their guns as though they… — André Aciman Andre-aciman Copy Share Image
Many critics speak about coming-of-age love, about initiation, about young libido, and so forth. I've never seen it only this way. We… — André Aciman Bumps in the road Copy Share Image
Some people have an identity. I have an alibi. I have a shadow self. — Andre Aciman Alibi Copy Share Image
“I knew exactly what this spelled. Autumn was just around the corner.” — André Aciman Copy Share Image
Chaste love happens all the time, far more frequently than adultery. — Andre Aciman Chaste Copy Share Image
“Call me by your name and I'll call you by mine.” — André Aciman Call Me By Your Name Copy Share Image
