Author: Andre Aciman

Quotes

Losing his wealth, his home, the life he had built, killed my father. He didn't die right away; it took four decades of exile to finish him off.

Losing his wealth, his home, the life he had built, killed my father. He didn't die right away; it took four decades of exile to finish him off.

- Andre Aciman

Chaste love happens all the time, far more frequently than adultery.

Chaste love happens all the time, far more frequently than adultery.

- Andre Aciman

An exile reads change the way he reads time, memory, self, love, fear, beauty: in the key of loss.

An exile reads change the way he reads time, memory, self, love, fear, beauty: in the key of loss.

- Andre Aciman

Nothing would have shocked Proust more than to hear that his work was perceived as difficult or inaccessibly rarefied.

Nothing would have shocked Proust more than to hear that his work was perceived as difficult or inaccessibly rarefied.

- Andre Aciman

Rituals are how we step into our private field of dreams, a small Elysium all our own. Rituals are made not just for us, but for those we want to pass them on to.

Rituals are how we step into our private field of dreams, a small Elysium all our own. Rituals are made not just for us, but for those we want to pass them on to.

- Andre Aciman

In Alexandria, my birthplace and my home, all streets bearing Jewish names have been renamed.

In Alexandria, my birthplace and my home, all streets bearing Jewish names have been renamed.

- Andre Aciman

Older students know what they want, which is good.

Older students know what they want, which is good.

- Andre Aciman

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