André Aciman Quotes

It’s just that the magic of someone new never lasts long enough. We only want those we can’t have. It’s those we lost or who never knew we existed who leave their mark. The others barely echo.

André Aciman

• Want
• Lost
• Knew

This was a time when I intentionally failed to drop bread crumbs for my return journey; instead, I ate them.

André Aciman

• Time
• Failed
• Drop

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

André Aciman

• Soul
• Body
• Met

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

André Aciman

• Friends
• First
• Lovers

I began reluctantly to steal from the present to pay off debts I knew I'd incur in the future.

André Aciman

• Future
• Present
• Steal

All that remains is dreammaking and strange remembrance.

André Aciman

• Remains
• Remembrance
• Dreammaking

Besides the fear of ending up with the totally wrong person, the first time between two persons is underscored by two things: desire and awkwardness. The awkwardness of the first time when two individuals touch each other is never lost on the young...or the old.

André Aciman

• Desire
• Persons
• Awkwardness

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

• Life
• Done
• Dreams

I'm not sure I want to go ahead with this, but I need to know, and better with you than anyone else. I want to know your body, I want to know how you feel, I want to know you, and through you, me.

André Aciman

• Want
• Know
• Feel

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

André Aciman

• Grief
• Loss
• Overcome