“...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
“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
“...the sun was blazing all around them and the rays of sun were shooting past them, millions of rays shooting past them… — John Knowles Sun 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 Fears 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
“I did not know everything there was to know about myself, and knew that I did not know it.” — John Knowles Copy Share Image
There are special, strange gifted people in the world and they have to be treated with understanding — John Knowles Acceptance 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 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
“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
“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
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
“But Brinker came in. I think he made a point of visiting all the rooms near him the first day. “Well, Gene,”… — John Knowles A-separate-peace 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
“As I had to do whenever I glimpsed this river, I thought of Phineas. Not of the tree and pain, but of… — john knowles A-separate-peace 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
“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 Hitler Copy Share Image
“I think we reminded them of what peace was like, we boys of sixteen. We were registered with no draft board, we… — John Knowles A-separate-peace 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 began to know that each morning reasserted the problems of night before, that sleep suspended all but changed nothing, that you… — John Knowles 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
