"Exeter was, I suspect, more crucial in my……" — John Knowles
"Exeter was, I suspect, more crucial in my life than in the lives of most members of my class, and conceivably, than in the lives of almost anyone else who ever attended the school."
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42 Quotes by John Knowles
John Knowles has 42 quotes on this site.
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Teenagers today are more free to be themselves and to accept themselves.
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Life is fighting. In life, it's the look ahead that counts. We are all born equally far from the sun.…
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This was the tree, and it seemed to me standing there to resemble those men, the giants of your childhood,…
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Nothing endures. Not a tree. Not love. Not even death by violence.
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It is a sad day when one looks back and sees that his largest regrets have become some of the…
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Looking back now across fifteen years I could see with great clarity the fear I had lived in, which must…
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I felt that I was not, never had been and never would be a living part of this overpoweringly solid…
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All of them, all except Phineas, constructed at infinite cost to themselves these Maginot Lines against this enemy they thought…
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Everyone has a moment in history which belongs particularly to him. It is the moment when his emotions achieve their…
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We are all born equally far from the sun.
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Gene, on the desire to be Finny: "I lost part of myself to him then, and a soaring sense of…
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It was demeaning to scrape affection from virtually everyone you encountered. That was immature.
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I love to be directed, and I can glean something from almost anyone.
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Only in America can you find so many angry people claiming to love their country, while hating almost anyone in…
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Free improvisation, in addition to being a highly skilled musical craft, is open to use by almost anyone-beginners, children, and…
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It is rather the nature of America - our freewheeling, outspoken, prosperous, liberty-loving citizens extend equality to women, homosexuals, minorities,…
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Free improvisation, in addition to being a highly skilled musical craft, is open to use by almost anyone--beginners, children, and…
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People are stupid; given proper motivation, almost anyone will believe almost anything. BecauHse people are stupid, they will believe a…
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You are beginning to see that any man to whom you can do favor is your friend, and that you…
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Destiny is the music of the improbable. Were it otherwise, almost anyone could exist.
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The total history of almost anyone would shock almost everyone.
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Americans are just about the worst at dealing with long-term problems, down there with Uzbekistan, but they respond to a…
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