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Andre Aciman quotes: I was going for the devious smile that would suddenly light up his face each time he'd read my mind, when all I really wanted was skin, just skin.

I was going for the devious smile that would suddenly light up his face each time he'd read my mind, when all I really wanted was skin, just skin.

Andre Aciman quotes: Whoever said the soul and the body met in the pineal gland was a fool. It's the asshole, stupid.

Whoever said the soul and the body met in the pineal gland was a fool. It's the asshole, stupid.

Andre Aciman quotes: Jewish?""Moslem?" I replied."Just like a Jew: always answers with a question.""Just like a Moslem: always answers the wrong question.

Jewish?"
"Moslem?" I replied.
"Just like a Jew: always answers with a question."
"Just like a Moslem: always answers the wrong question.

Andre Aciman quotes: He was obviously proud of his Berber skin. This is the colour of wheat and gold.

He was obviously proud of his Berber skin. This is the colour of wheat and gold.

Andre Aciman quotes: You'll kill me if you stop.

You'll kill me if you stop.

Andre Aciman quotes: We are driven by something as simple and as obvious as the desire to be happy, and, if that fails, by the belief that we once have been.

We are driven by something as simple and as obvious as the desire to be happy, and, if that fails, by the belief that we once have been.

Andre Aciman quotes: With tears came solace and surrender, pardon and courage.

With tears came solace and surrender, pardon and courage.

Andre Aciman quotes: What he was after hangs between the visible and the invisible, between the here and now and the seemingly elsewhere.

What he was after hangs between the visible and the invisible, between the here and now and the seemingly elsewhere.

Andre Aciman quotes: Think of the pain before the pain.

Think of the pain before the pain.

Andre Aciman quotes: Perhaps we were friends first and lovers second.But then perhaps this is what lovers are.

Perhaps we were friends first and lovers second.
But then perhaps this is what lovers are.

Andre Aciman quotes: We are not written for one instrument alone; I am not, neither are you.

We are not written for one instrument alone; I am not, neither are you.

Andre Aciman quotes: I believe with every cell in my body that every cell in yours must not, must never, die, and if it does have to die, let it die inside my

I believe with every cell in my body that every cell in yours must not, must never, die, and if it does have to die, let it die inside my body.

Andre Aciman quotes: Twenty years was yesterday, and yesterday was just earlier this morning, and morning seemed light-years away.

Twenty years was yesterday, and yesterday was just earlier this morning, and morning seemed light-years away.

Andre Aciman quotes: I have three things: my cab, my zeb, and my dignity. Without one, the other two are worthless.

I have three things: my cab, my zeb, and my dignity. Without one, the other two are worthless.

Andre Aciman quotes: All that remains is dreammaking and strange remembrance.

All that remains is dreammaking and strange remembrance.

Andre Aciman quotes: I think everyone is wounded in their sex," I said. "I can't think of one person who isn't.

I think everyone is wounded in their sex," I said. "I can't think of one person who isn't.

Andre Aciman quotes: People who read are hiders. They hide who they are. People who hide don't always like who they are.

People who read are hiders. They hide who they are. People who hide don't always like who they are.

Andre Aciman quotes: Because I didn't want to forget was the heart and soul of poetry.

Because I didn't want to forget was the heart and soul of poetry.

Andre Aciman quotes: How historians explain time is one thing, but how we live time is quite another.

How historians explain time is one thing, but how we live time is quite another.

Andre Aciman quotes: Is it better to speak or die?

Is it better to speak or die?

Andre Aciman quotes: At one hundred, surely you learn to overcome loss and grief - or do they hound you till the bitter end?

At one hundred, surely you learn to overcome loss and grief - or do they hound you till the bitter end?

Andre Aciman quotes: It was not flirting, just verbal ping-pong. I was dying to slam the ball but too polite to stop the back-and-forth.

It was not flirting, just verbal ping-pong. I was dying to slam the ball but too polite to stop the back-and-forth.

Andre Aciman quotes: In my world, a man who darns his own socks is not a man.

In my world, a man who darns his own socks is not a man.

Andre Aciman quotes: I liked forgetting my cares. Thanks to wine, you didn't forget them, they just stopped scaring you for a while.

I liked forgetting my cares. Thanks to wine, you didn't forget them, they just stopped scaring you for a while.

Andre Aciman quotes: If I could have him like this in my dreams every night of my life, I'd stake my entire life on dreams and be done with the rest.

If I could have him like this in my dreams every night of my life, I'd stake my entire life on dreams and be done with the rest.

Andre Aciman quotes: The man who'll lay the last stone here isn't even born yet.

The man who'll lay the last stone here isn't even born yet.

Andre Aciman quotes: We loved with every organ but the heart.

We loved with every organ but the heart.

Andre Aciman quotes: There is no love without desire, diffidence, defeat.

There is no love without desire, diffidence, defeat.

Andre Aciman quotes: If he knew, if he only knew that I was giving him every chance to put two and two together and come up with a number bigger than infinity.

If he knew, if he only knew that I was giving him every chance to put two and two together and come up with a number bigger than infinity.

Andre Aciman quotes: What did I tell you?" Kalaj turned to me without even looking at the owner. "Everyone shuts their door in the end.

What did I tell you?" Kalaj turned to me without even looking at the owner. "Everyone shuts their door in the end.

Andre Aciman quotes: He, of all people, understood all about these hidden mainsprings in the twisted gadgetry of the soul.

He, of all people, understood all about these hidden mainsprings in the twisted gadgetry of the soul.

Andre Aciman quotes: If we can't say what we think under our roof, then we have no roof.

If we can't say what we think under our roof, then we have no roof.