False Papers Quotes

“expatriation, like love, is not only a condition that devastates and reconfigures the self; it is, like love, a trope, a figure with which we try to explain, try to narrate profound psychological disruptions in terms of very measurable entities: a person, a place, an event, a moment, etc.”
― André Aciman, False Papers: Essays on Exile and Memory

“Since you're going to Paris, you don't want to go to Paris. But if you were staying in New York, you'd want to be in Paris. But since you#re not staying, but going, just do me a favor.
When you're in Paris, think of yourself in New York longing for Paris, and everything will be fine.”
― André Aciman, False Papers: Essays on Exile and Memory