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Separate Peace Quotes

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

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

John Knowles
Feelings, Levels, Separate Peace
John Knowles (2014). “A Separate Peace”, p.40, Simon and Schuster

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
Separate Peace, Used, Wanted
John Knowles (2014). “A Separate Peace”, p.85, Simon and Schuster

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

John Knowles
Peace, Separate Peace
"A Separate Peace".

Everyone has a moment in history which belongs particularly to him.

John Knowles
Moments, Separate Peace
John Knowles (2014). “A Separate Peace”, p.33, Simon and Schuster

Nothing endures. Not a tree. Not love. Not even death by violence.

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

the scornful force of his tone turned the word into a curse

John Knowles
Tone, Separate Peace, Force
John Knowles (2014). “A Separate Peace”, p.84, Simon and Schuster

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