Author: Rabih Alameddine

Quotes

I get upset about what is taken as great literature and what is cute and exotic.

I get upset about what is taken as great literature and what is cute and exotic.

- Rabih Alameddine

I loved problems on paper, and I was good at math, but I was a mechanical engineer, and I never understood - or cared to - how a car worked.

I loved problems on paper, and I was good at math, but I was a mechanical engineer, and I never understood - or cared to - how a car worked.

- Rabih Alameddine

I jokingly say if there was one great thing about, you know, the Lebanese Civil War was that it forced me to read.

I jokingly say if there was one great thing about, you know, the Lebanese Civil War was that it forced me to read.

- Rabih Alameddine

I can make up stories with the best of them. I've been telling stories since I was a little kid.

I can make up stories with the best of them. I've been telling stories since I was a little kid.

- Rabih Alameddine

I couldn't tell the truth if my life depended on it.

I couldn't tell the truth if my life depended on it.

- Rabih Alameddine

If I were to pray in Arabic, I'd pray to Allah. If I were to pray in English, I'd pray to God.

If I were to pray in Arabic, I'd pray to Allah. If I were to pray in English, I'd pray to God.

- Rabih Alameddine

I gave up on the delusion that these players enjoy soccer as much as I do, that they play for the love of the game.

I gave up on the delusion that these players enjoy soccer as much as I do, that they play for the love of the game.

- Rabih Alameddine

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