Michelle

“No nostalgia is felt as keenly as nostalgia for things that never existed.”
― Rabih Alameddine, An Unnecessary Woman

“But to paraphrase the ever-paraphraseable Freud, who said something to the effect that when you speak about the past you lie with every breath you take, I will say this: When you write about the past, you lie with each letter, with every grapheme, including the goddamn comma.”
― Rabih Alameddine, An Unnecessary Woman

“To write is to know that you are not at home.”
― Rabih Alameddine, An Unnecessary Woman

“There is none more conformist than one who flaunts his individuality.”
― Rabih Alameddine, An Unnecessary Woman