“All living languages are promiscuous. We promiscuous speakers shameles...” — Rabih Alameddine Quote

“All living languages are promiscuous. We promiscuous speakers shamelessly shoplift words, plucking bons mots and phrases from any tempting language. We wear these words when we wish to be more formal, more elegant, more mysterious, worldly, precise, vague.”

“I always say show me a storyteller who doesn't embellish, and I'll show you a bad one.”

“The relationship between France and its 'foreign' players - blacks and North African Arabs - has always been troubled, particularly with Algerians.”

“Snapchat built an elegant, incredibly well-thought-out tool to make it fun, simple, and frictionless for normal people to share snippets of their lives in an interesting way.”

“She is elegant rather than belle.”

“I used to focus a lot in Ozil. He has a lot of quality and a very elegant style of play.”