“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
It is a sad day when one looks back and sees that his largest regrets have become some of the most integral… — John Knowles Dream Copy Share Image
“He had never been jealous of me for a second. Now I knew that there never was and never could have been… — John Knowles Copy Share Image
“You can do more! A lot more. If you want a...record you can be proud of, you'll do a heck of a… — John Knowles A-separate-peace Copy Share Image
It was demeaning to scrape affection from virtually everyone you encountered. That was immature. — John Knowles Affection Copy Share Image
“From my locker I collected my sneakers, jock strap, and gym pants and then turned away, leaving the door ajar for the… — John Knowles First time Copy Share Image
I began to know that each morning reasserted the problems of night before, that sleep suspended all but changed nothing, that you… — John Knowles Changed Copy Share Image
“And sometimes you need too much to know the facts, and so humbly and stupidly you stay.” — John Knowles A-separate-peace Copy Share Image
Everyone has a moment in history which belongs particularly to him. — John Knowles History Copy Share Image
I lost part of myself to him then, and a soaring sense of freedom revealed that this must have been my purpose… — John Knowles Desire Copy Share Image
Peace is indivisible, and the surrounding world confusion found no reflection inside me. — John Knowles Confusion Copy Share Image
“...I alone was a dream, a figment which had never really touched anything. I felt that I was not, never had been… — John Knowles Dream 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 Gene Copy Share Image
So the more things remain the same, the more they change after all. — John Knowles Change Copy Share Image
Always say some prayers at night because it might turn out that there is a God. — John Knowles Might Copy Share Image
“I realized that all this explained him, and it wasn't the words he said which angered me. It was only that he… — 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 Long 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
Teenagers today are more free to be themselves and to accept themselves. — John Knowles Accepting Copy Share Image
“Must like the rest of us on the surface, he had an underlying obliging and considerate strain which barred him from being… — john knowles A-separate-peace 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 didn't know why he had chosen me, why it was only to me that he could show the most humbling sides… — John Knowles Friendship 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 Last night Copy Share Image
As I walked briskly out the road the wind knifed at my face, but this sun caressed the back of my neck. — John Knowles Faces 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
