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How can I expect readers to know who I am if I do not tell them about my family, my friends, the relationships in my life? Who am I if not where I fit in the world, where I fit in the lives of the people dear to me?Rabih Alameddine
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By remaining constrained in one's environment or country or family, one has little chance of being other than the original prescription. By leaving, one gains a perspective, a distance of both space and time, which is essential for writing about family or home, in any case.Rabih Alameddine
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Passion was the antithesis of morality.Rabih Alameddine
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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?Rabih Alameddine
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I realised when it came to men, I did not pick the beautiful or the correct. I picked the wrong one.Rabih Alameddine
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The eye always fills in the imperfections.Rabih Alameddine
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I believe one has to escape oneself to discover oneself.Rabih Alameddine
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What is the purpose of a city if not to grant the greatest of gifts, anonymity?Rabih Alameddine