Life is fighting. In life, it's the look ahead that counts. We are all born equally far from the sun. There is… — John Knowles Born Copy Share Image
“Everyone contributed to this legend except Phineas. At the outset, with the attempt on Hitler’s life, Finny had said, “If someone gave… — John Knowles Loaded gun Copy Share Image
“Because, unfamiliar with the absence of fear and what that was like, I have not been able to identify its presence.” — John Knowles Fear Copy Share Image
“...it also meant mornings of glory such as this one, in which the snow, white almost to blueness, lay like a soft… — John Knowles Copy Share Image
Gene, on the desire to be Finny: "I lost part of myself to him then, and a soaring sense of freedom revealed… — John Knowles Desire Copy Share Image
“Most of the students there, he said, don't know what they think. You tell 'em, they'll think it. I plan to tell… — John Knowles Adolescence 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
