Rabih Alameddine quotes

I get upset about what is taken as great literature and what is cute and exotic. (Rabih Alameddine)
... What happens is of little significance compared with the stories we tell ourselves about what happens. Events matter little, only stories of events affect us. View quote
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I believe one has to escape oneself to discover oneself. View quote
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I wonder if being sane means disregarding the chaos that is life, pretending only an infinitesimal segment of it is reality. View quote
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I long ago abandoned myself to a blind lust for the written word. Literature is my sandbox. In it I play, build my forts and castles, spend glorious time. View quote
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I wonder whether there is such a thing as a sense of individuality. Is it all a facade, covering a deep need to belong? Are we simply pack animals desperately trying to pretend we are not? View quote
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The eye always fills in the imperfections. View quote
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If you sit with your memories, you might as well become a plant. View quote
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I don't sit down to write something politically or to challenge stereotypes. Being who I am, almost everything I do will be political, almost everything I do will be a challenge to those stereotypes... View quote
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I opened myself to you only to be skinned alive. The more vulnerable I became, the faster and more deft your knife. Knowing what was happening, still I stayed and let you carve more. That's how much I loved you. That's how much. View quote
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