"The Alexandria Quartet" Quotes
A multi-perspective exploration of love, desire, and identity set in Alexandria before and during World War II.
fiction | 884 pages | Published in NaN
Quotes
We are all the great, great, great, great grandchildren of Adam.
A city becomes a world when one loves one of its inhabitants.
We are all ruled in what we do by impulses; and these impulses are so organized that our actions in general serve for our self preservation and that of the race.
The wine was not a flashy wine, but it was as subtle as anything in life. It was discreet and warm.
What can I say to you that I have not already said?
The human face is, after all, nothing more nor less than a mask.
To travel is very useful, it makes the imagination work, the rest is just delusion and pain. Our journey is entirely imaginary, which is its strength.
In love, each man is his own personal Judas.
I have found a very good way to be free: I do nothing.
What is love but understanding and rejoicing in the fact that another lives, acts, and experiences otherwise than we do?
