Quotes

"How you live your life is your business. But remember, our hearts and our bodies are given to us only once. Most of us can't help but live as though we've got two lives to live, one is the mockup, the other is the finished version, and then there are all those versions in between. But there's only one, and before you know it, your heart is worn out, and, as for our body, there comes a point when no one looks at it, much less wants to come near it."

Call Me by Your Name, André Aciman, p.225

"In your place, 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 awake at night, and watching other forget us sooner than we'd want to be forgotten is no better. We rip out so much of ourselves to be cured of things faster than we should that we go bankrupt by the age of thirty and have less to offer each time we start with someone new. But to feel nothing so as not to feel anything - what a waste!"

Call Me by Your Name, André Aciman, p.224

"People who read are hiders. They hide who they are. People who hide don't always like who they are."

 

Call Me by Your Name, André Aciman, p.115

"Did I want him to act? Or would I prefer a lifetime of longing provided we both kept this little Ping-Pong game going: not knowing, not-not knowing, not-not-not knowing? Just be quiet, say nothing, and if you can't say "yes", don't say "no", say "later". Is this why people say "maybe" when they means "yes", but hope you think it's "no" when all they really mean is "Please, just ask me once more, and once more after that"?"

 

Call Me by Your Name, André Aciman, p.18