John Knowles Quotes about Peace

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So the more things remain the same, the more they change after all.

So the more things remain the same, the more they change after all.

Peace, Separate Peace

"A Separate Peace".

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

Peace, Children, Men

John Knowles (2014). “A Separate Peace”, p.82, Simon and Schuster

This was the tree, and it seemed to me standing there to resemble those men, the giants of your childhood, whom you encounter years later and find that they are not merely smaller in relation to your growth, but they are absolutely smaller, shrunken by age. In this double demotion the old giants have become pygmies while you were looking the other way.

John Knowles

Peace, Men, Years

John Knowles (2014). “A Separate Peace”, p.10, Simon and Schuster

John Knowles Quotes about Peace

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