No one starts as a self-hater. But rack up all of your mistakes and take a large enough number of wrong turns in life and soon you stop trying to forgive yourself. Everywhere you look you find shame or failure staring back.
Most of us can't help but live as though we've got two lives to live, one is the mockup, the other the finished version, and then there are all those… - André Aciman
Most of us can't help but live as though we've got two lives to live, one is the mockup, the other the finished version, and then there are all those…
- André Aciman
As we walked, I began to wonder what the opposite of molting was and why, unlike the body, which sheds everything, the soul cannot let go but compile… - André Aciman
As we walked, I began to wonder what the opposite of molting was and why, unlike the body, which sheds everything, the soul cannot let go but compile…
And on that evening when we grow older still we'll speak about these two young men as though they were two strangers we met on the train and whom we … - André Aciman
And on that evening when we grow older still we'll speak about these two young men as though they were two strangers we met on the train and whom we …
My love stories are about people who are reluctant to actualize what they so desperately want. They are timid, cautious, but eventually they dare to … - André Aciman
My love stories are about people who are reluctant to actualize what they so desperately want. They are timid, cautious, but eventually they dare to …
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. - André Aciman
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.
Whoever said the soul and the body met in the pineal gland was a fool. It's the asshole, stupid. - André Aciman
Whoever said the soul and the body met in the pineal gland was a fool. It's the asshole, stupid.
If there is pain, nurse it, and if there is a flame, don't snuff it out, don't be brutal with it. Withdrawal can be a terrible thing when it keeps us… - André Aciman
If there is pain, nurse it, and if there is a flame, don't snuff it out, don't be brutal with it. Withdrawal can be a terrible thing when it keeps us…
No one starts as a self-hater. But rack up all of your mistakes and take a large enough number of wrong turns in life and soon you stop trying to for… - André Aciman
No one starts as a self-hater. But rack up all of your mistakes and take a large enough number of wrong turns in life and soon you stop trying to for…
At one hundred, surely you learn to overcome loss and grief—or do they hound you till the bitter end? - André Aciman
At one hundred, surely you learn to overcome loss and grief—or do they hound you till the bitter end?
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