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"18 John Knowles Quotes & Sayings

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Born: 16 September 1926. Died: 29 November 2001 | Novelist |

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

Sarcasm Protest Weak
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It seemed clear that wars were not made by genereations and their special stupidities, but that wars were made instead by something ignorant in the human heart.

Wars Generations Ignorant Heart
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We reminded them of what peace was like, of lives which were not bound up with destruction.

Peace Lives Bound Destruction
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Nothing endures. Not a tree. Not love. Not even death by violence.

Endures Love Death Endures
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Everything has to evolve or else it perishes.

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

Everyone Moment History Belongs
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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.

Sad Regrets Integral Dreams
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When you love something it loves you back in whatever way it has to love.

You Love Something Way
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Always say some prayers at night because it might turn out that there is a God

Always Prayers Night God
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So the more things stay the same, the more they change after all

More Stay Same Change
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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. There is a land of the living and a land of the dead and the bridge is love.

Life Land Dead Love
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I knew that part of friendship consisted in accepting a friend’s shortcomings, which sometimes included his parents.

Friendship Shortcomings Parents
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We are all born equally far from the sun.

We Born Equally Sun
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There was no harm in taking aim, even if the target was a dream.
Harm Aim Target Dream
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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.

You Think Right thing Moment
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There are special, strange gifted people in the world and they have to be treated with understanding

Special Gifted People World
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What deceived me was my own happiness; for peace is indivisible, and the surrounding world confusion found no reflection inside me

Deceived Happiness Peace World
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Teenagers today are more free to be themselves and to accept themselves

Teenagers Today Free Accept
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John Knowles Quotes & Sayings