“In the deep, tacit way in which feeling becomes stronger than thought, I had always felt that the Devon School came into… — John Knowles Deep Copy Share Image
I felt that I was not, never had been and never would be a living part of this overpoweringly solid and deeply… — John Knowles Life Copy Share Image
“Phineas created an atmosphere in which I continued now to live, a way of sizing up the world with erratic and entirely… — John Knowles Youth Copy Share Image
“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
Looking back, I think we were all quite mature, surprisingly responsible. In earlier wars, boys of our age had just gone off… — John Knowles Age Copy Share Image
“Someone knocked me down; I pushed Brinker over a small slope; someone was trying to tackle me from behind. Everywhere there was… — john knowles A-separate-peace Copy Share Image
Your war memories will be with you forever, you'll be asked about them thousands of times after the war is over. People… — John Knowles Forever Copy Share Image
I knew that part of friendship consisted in accepting a friend’s shortcomings, which sometimes included his parents. — John Knowles Accepting Copy Share Image
“What I mean is, I love winter, and when you really love something, then it loves you back, in whatever way it… — John Knowles Faith 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 Long 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
Looking back now across fifteen years I could see with great clarity the fear I had lived in, which must mean that… — John Knowles Clarity Copy Share Image
But something held me back. Perhaps I was stopped by that level of feeling, deeper than thought, which contains the truth. — John Knowles Deeper 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 Lost myself Copy Share Image
“...his jaw tightening and his eyes closed on the tears. “I believe you. It’s okay because I understand and I believe you.” — John Knowles Acceptance Copy Share Image
Never say you are five feet nine when you are five feet eight and a half" was the first one I encountered.… — John Knowles Eight Copy Share Image
“The first person who says anything unpleasant will get a swift kick in the ass. ” — John Knowles First person Copy Share Image
“Je ne give a damn pas about le français, Les filles en France ne wear pas les pantelons” — John Knowles Humor Copy Share Image
“The tree was not only stripped by the cold season, it seemed weary with age, enfeebled, dry. So more the things remain… — John Knowles Gene Copy Share Image
“...he's imagining himself Justice incarnate, balancing the scales. He's forgotten that Justice incarnate is not only balancing the scales but also blindfolded.” — John Knowles A-separate-peace Copy Share Image
“When you love something it loves you back in whatever way it has to love.” — John Knowles Love 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 Changed Copy Share Image
“Is he using terror to keep away boredom? Does he have to try to destroy something? Even as a last resort, himself?” — John Knowles Last resort Copy Share Image
