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.
So the more things remain the same, the more they change after all.
John Knowles
3.
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
4.
Nothing endures. Not a tree. Not love. Not even death by violence.
John Knowles
5.
Everyone has a moment in history which belongs particularly to him.
John Knowles
6.
the scornful force of his tone turned the word into a curse
John Knowles