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John Knowles Quotes

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 Picture Quote #1

He had never been jealous of me for a second. Now I knew that there never was and never could have been any rivalry between us. I was not of the same quality as he Picture Quote #1

I lost part of myself to him then, and a soaring sense of freedom revealed that this must have been my purpose from the first: to become a part of Phineas Picture Quote #1

Stranded in this mill town railroad yard while the whole world was converging elsewhere, we seemed to be nothing but children playing among heroic men Picture Quote #1

Naturally I don't believe books and I don't believe teachers, but I do believe - it's important for me to believe you. Christ, I've got to believe you, at least. I know you better than anybody Picture Quote #1

It seemed clear that wars were not made by generations and their special stupidities, but that wars were made instead by something ignorant in the human heart Picture Quote #1

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My war ended before I even put on a uniform; I was on active duty all my time at school; I killed my enemy there Picture Quote #1

Life is fighting. In life, it's the look ahead that counts. We are all born equally far from the sun. There is a land of the living and a land of the dead and the bridge is love Picture Quote #1

It is a sad day when one looks back and sees that his largest regrets have become some of the most integral elements of his dreams Picture Quote #1

I felt that I was not, never had been and never would be a living part of this overpoweringly solid and deeply meaningful world around me Picture Quote #1

You have to do what you think is the right thing, but just make sure it's the right thing in the long run, and not just for the moment Picture Quote #1

I began to know that each morning reasserted the problems of night before, that sleep suspended all but changed nothing, that you couldn't make yourself over between dawn and dusk Picture Quote #1

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So the more things remained the same, the more they changed after all. Nothing endures. Not love, not a tree, not even a death by violence Picture Quote #1

As I walked briskly out the road the wind knifed at my face, but this sun caressed the back of my neck Picture Quote #1

I saw on the pad not an operator's number from my home town, but one which seemed to interrupt the beating of my heart Picture Quote #1

What I mean is, I love winter, and when you really love something, then it loves you back, in whatever way it has to love Picture Quote #1

Finny never permitted himself to realize that when you won they lost. That would have destroyed the perfect beauty which was sport Picture Quote #1

But I was used to finding something deadly in things that attracted me; there was always something deadly lurking in anything I wanted, anything I loved Picture Quote #1

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There are special, strange gifted people in the world and they have to be treated with understanding Picture Quote #1

But something held me back. Perhaps I was stopped by that level of feeling, deeper than thought, which contains the truth Picture Quote #1

As I said, this was my sarcastic summer. It was only long after that I recognized sarcasm as the protest of people who are weak Picture Quote #1

I knew that part of friendship consisted in accepting a friend's shortcomings, which sometimes included his parents Picture Quote #1

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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 (John Knowles Quotes) He had never been jealous of me for a second. Now I knew that there never was and never could have been any rivalry between us. I was not of the same quality as he (John Knowles Quotes) I lost part of myself to him then, and a soaring sense of freedom revealed that this must have been my purpose from the first: to become a part of Phineas (John Knowles Quotes) Stranded in this mill town railroad yard while the whole world was converging elsewhere, we seemed to be nothing but children playing among heroic men (John Knowles Quotes) Naturally I don't believe books and I don't believe teachers, but I do believe - it's important for me to believe you. Christ, I've got to believe you, at least. I know you better than anybody (John Knowles Quotes) It seemed clear that wars were not made by generations and their special stupidities, but that wars were made instead by something ignorant in the human heart (John Knowles Quotes) My war ended before I even put on a uniform; I was on active duty all my time at school; I killed my enemy there (John Knowles Quotes) Life is fighting. In life, it's the look ahead that counts. We are all born equally far from the sun. There is a land of the living and a land of the dead and the bridge is love (John Knowles Quotes) It is a sad day when one looks back and sees that his largest regrets have become some of the most integral elements of his dreams (John Knowles Quotes) I felt that I was not, never had been and never would be a living part of this overpoweringly solid and deeply meaningful world around me (John Knowles Quotes) You have to do what you think is the right thing, but just make sure it's the right thing in the long run, and not just for the moment (John Knowles Quotes) I began to know that each morning reasserted the problems of night before, that sleep suspended all but changed nothing, that you couldn't make yourself over between dawn and dusk (John Knowles Quotes) So the more things remained the same, the more they changed after all. Nothing endures. Not love, not a tree, not even a death by violence (John Knowles Quotes) As I walked briskly out the road the wind knifed at my face, but this sun caressed the back of my neck (John Knowles Quotes) I saw on the pad not an operator's number from my home town, but one which seemed to interrupt the beating of my heart (John Knowles Quotes) What I mean is, I love winter, and when you really love something, then it loves you back, in whatever way it has to love (John Knowles Quotes) Finny never permitted himself to realize that when you won they lost. That would have destroyed the perfect beauty which was sport (John Knowles Quotes) But I was used to finding something deadly in things that attracted me; there was always something deadly lurking in anything I wanted, anything I loved (John Knowles Quotes) There are special, strange gifted people in the world and they have to be treated with understanding (John Knowles Quotes) But something held me back. Perhaps I was stopped by that level of feeling, deeper than thought, which contains the truth (John Knowles Quotes) As I said, this was my sarcastic summer. It was only long after that I recognized sarcasm as the protest of people who are weak (John Knowles Quotes) I knew that part of friendship consisted in accepting a friend's shortcomings, which sometimes included his parents (John Knowles Quotes)

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