Quotes by : Rabih Alameddine

Beirut is the Elizabeth Taylor of cities: insane, beautiful, falling apart, aging, and forever drama....

I believe one has to escape oneself to discover oneself.

I can relate to Marguerite Duras even though I'm not French, nor have I been consumed by love for an....

I told her I was not sure I could bear living with memories, she said, Look up at the stars, look, they....

There are two kinds of people in this world: people who want to be desired, and people who want to be....

In every evocation of a childhood scene, my stepfather's face is the least detailed, the most out of....

We rarely consider that we're also formed by the decisions we didn't make, by events that could have....

The eye always fills in the imperfections.

...What happens is of little significance compared with the stories we tell ourselves about what happens.....

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