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About Rumaan Alam
American writer
Rumaan Alam is an American writer, best known for his novel Leave the World Behind. He writes fiction with a contemporary, observant edge, and his work has reached a wide readership through Leave the World Behind, which became his best-known book. Beyond that title, he is known for writing about present-day life and the pressures that shape it.
More from Rumaan Alam (101 quotes) →Keep reading Rumaan Alam
- “Instead of a passion for the Yankees or fly-fishing or birding, I want to pass on to my sons a love of books,…”Rumaan Alam
- “When I look at the list of my favorite works, writers who are women do tend to outnumber writers who are men…”Rumaan Alam
- “I don't want the staggeringly wealthy Elton John and his family to represent the standard of gay fatherhood a…”Rumaan Alam
- “Among this country's enduring myths is that success is virtuous, while the wealth by which we measure success…”Rumaan Alam
More Adoption quotes
- “Adoption is a wonderful way of becoming a family. If being a biological parent is any better or more rewardin…”Kathleen Silber
- “The wrinkled pages of the Bible crackled as Mom leafed back to the beginning of Matthew. I had always felt I…”Diamond Mike Watson
- “The journey into adoption started for my parents, as it does with so many families: my mother and father desp…”Marcus Samuelsson
Marriage: more sayings
- “When I'm dead, somebody can write my biography. I wrote a national hymn, an anthem, which I don't want to pre…”Giorgio Moroder
- “To be clear, I'm not opposed to apps; I just want them to be geared to my lifestyle. I don't need a virtual N…”Jen Lancaster
- “My husband actually quit his job as a civil engineer so that he could travel, so we could be together as a fa…”Jessica Mendoza
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Books by Rumaan Alam
Leave the World Behind
2020
Rich and pretty
2016
That kind of mother
2018