1.
But something held me back. Perhaps I was stopped by that level of feeling, deeper than thought, which contains the truth.
John Knowles
2.
Nothing endures. Not a tree. Not love. Not even death by violence.
John Knowles
3.
Everyone has a moment in history which belongs particularly to him.
John Knowles
4.
So the more things remain the same, the more they change after all.
John Knowles
5.
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
6.
the scornful force of his tone turned the word into a curse
John Knowles