"Sarcasm... the protest of those who are weak." — John Knowles

"Sarcasm... the protest of those who are weak."

— John Knowles

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42 Quotes by John Knowles

John Knowles has 42 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

Teenagers today are more free to be themselves and to accept themselves.
Life is fighting. In life, it's the look ahead that counts. We are all born equally far from the sun.…
This was the tree, and it seemed to me standing there to resemble those men, the giants of your childhood,…
Nothing endures. Not a tree. Not love. Not even death by violence.
It is a sad day when one looks back and sees that his largest regrets have become some of the…
Looking back now across fifteen years I could see with great clarity the fear I had lived in, which must…
I felt that I was not, never had been and never would be a living part of this overpoweringly solid…
All of them, all except Phineas, constructed at infinite cost to themselves these Maginot Lines against this enemy they thought…
Everyone has a moment in history which belongs particularly to him. It is the moment when his emotions achieve their…
We are all born equally far from the sun.
Gene, on the desire to be Finny: "I lost part of myself to him then, and a soaring sense of…
It was demeaning to scrape affection from virtually everyone you encountered. That was immature.

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This is the precept by which I have lived: Prepare for the worst; expect the best; and take what comes. — Hannah Arendt
There are no dangerous thoughts; thinking itself is dangerous. — Hannah Arendt
Storytelling reveals meaning without committing the error of defining it. — Hannah Arendt
By its very nature the beautiful is isolated from everything else. From beauty no road leads to reality. — Hannah Arendt
To be free in an age like ours, one must be in a position of authority. That in itself would… — Hannah Arendt
Action without a name, a who attached to it, is meaningless. — Hannah Arendt
These are the fifties, you know. The disgusting, posturing fifties. — Hannah Arendt
I love you, and because I love you, I would sooner have you hate me for telling you the truth… — Pietro Aretino
Perugia is my true fatherland because there I grew to manhood. — Pietro Aretino
I want to do what I want when I want to do it not be dictated to by audiences. — Dario Argento
I went through a phase where I thought nostalgia was a bad thing. — Dario Argento
In Italy the censor is very old and there are many judges and psychiatrists who analyse you. — Dario Argento

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