“What deceived me was my own happiness; for peace is indivisible, and the surrounding world confusion found no reflection inside me.” — John Knowles A-separate-peace Copy Share Image
So the more things remained the same, the more they changed after all. Nothing endures. Not love, not a tree, not even… — John Knowles Copy Share Image
As I said, this was my sarcastic summer. It was only long after that I recognized sarcasm as the protest of people… — John Knowles Copy Share Image
“I did not stop to think that one wave is inevitably followed by another even larger and more powerful, when the tide… — John Knowles A-separate-peace Copy Share Image
“Finny never permitted himself to realize that when you won they lost. That would have destroyed the perfect beauty which was sport.” — John Knowles Beauty Copy Share Image
“Let us pray". We all slumped immediately and unthinkingly in to the awkward crouch in which God was addressed.” — John Knowles Copy Share Image
You have to do what you think is the right thing, but just make sure it’s the right thing in the long… — John Knowles Copy Share Image
Peace is indivisible, and the surrounding world confusion found no reflection inside me. — John Knowles Confusion Copy Share Image
“This is a school,' said Pete in his level voice. 'All views can be expressed and considered here. We're not indoctrinating you.'… — John Knowles Point of view Copy Share Image
It was hard to remember in the heavy and sensual clarity of these mornings; I forgot whom I hated and who hated… — John Knowles Copy Share Image
“I was beginning to see that Phineas could get away with anything. I couldn't help envying him that a little, which was… — John Knowles Best friend Copy Share Image
“You have to do what you think is the right thing, but just make sure it's the right thing in the long… — John Knowles A-separate-peace Copy Share Image
I never killed anybody and I never developed an intense level of hatred for the enemy. Because my war ended before I… — John Knowles Copy Share Image
Young people in my generation were sort of in lockstep, and it wasn't just the '40s, either. In the '30s and in… — John Knowles Copy Share Image
“But I was used to finding something deadly in things that attracted me; there was always something deadly lurking in anything I… — John Knowles A-separate-peace Copy Share Image
“So the more things remain the same, the more they change after all—plus c'est la même chose, plus ça change. Nothing endures,… — John Knowles Change Copy Share Image
“Then for no reason at all, I felt magnificent. It was as though my body until that instant had simply been lazy… — John Knowles Copy Share Image
“Last night as your breathing settled into sleep what I heard was the half-forgotten sound, the velvet rush and hiss, the automatic… — John Knowles Copy Share Image
“The winter loves me', he retorted, and then, disliking the whimsical sound of that, added, 'I mean as much as you can… — John Knowles Winter Copy Share Image
“Like all old, good schools, Devon did not stand isolated behind walls and gates but emerged naturally from the town which had… — John Knowles Education Copy Share Image
“So the war swept over like a wave at the seashore, gathering power and size as i bore on us, overwhelming in… — John Knowles Time Copy Share Image
Everyone has a moment in history which belongs particularly to him. It is the moment when his emotions achieve their most powerful… — John Knowles Copy Share Image
“I turned with an inward groan to look at him. Quackenbush wasn't going to let me just do the work for him… — John Knowles Arrogance Copy Share Image
This was the tree, and it seemed to me standing there to resemble those men, the giants of your childhood, whom you… — John Knowles Age Copy Share Image
“In the deep, tacit way in which feeling becomes stronger than thought, I had always felt that the Devon School came into… — John Knowles Copy Share Image
There are simply more young people than there ever were. You get this feeling of strength. Also, large numbers can be a… — John Knowles Anonymity Copy Share Image
“I thought the issue was settled until at the end he said, 'Listen, pal, if I can't play sports, you're going to… — John Knowles Connection Copy Share Image
