Quotes by Rabih Alameddine

The eye always fills in the imperfections.

You looked inhuman when you were dying, Doc, your eyes glistened like dimming stars, you were wasting away and life was leaving you piecemeal, your soul no longer fit your body, you hated it and I hated it and I couldnt recognize you and I couldnt see you and I was frightened and I never knew what to do, I looked for the man I love in you and I searched for who I used to be around you and I couldnt find either.

My features have blunted with the passage of time, my reflection only faintly resembles how I see myself. Gravity demands payback for the years my body has resisted it.

I wonder if being sane means disregarding the chaos that is life, pretending only an infinitesimal segment of it is reality.

I believe one has to escape oneself to discover oneself.

I never wanted to be prominent enough to have enemies.

I also understand that you have to lie to yourself to survive in a bad marriage, you have to delude yourself if you want to carry on in this life.

What is the purpose of a city if not to grant the greatest of gifts, anonymity?

I know many sports fans that dont enjoy soccer. The argument is that theres no action, not enough of it.

In Lebanon, there are completely different opinions and values in one country in terms of religion, modernity, tradition, East and West - which allows for a kind of intellectual development not available anywhere else.