Sarcasm... the protest of those who are weak. John Knowles More Quotes by John Knowles More Quotes From John Knowles the scornful force of his tone turned the word into a curse John Knowles separate-peace tone force The summer of 1943 at Exeter was as happy a time as I ever had in my life. John Knowles exeter summer I knew that part of friendship consisted in accepting a friend’s shortcomings, which sometimes included his parents. John Knowles accepting parent sometimes I never killed anybody and I never developed an intense level of hatred for the enemy. Because my war ended before I ever put on a uniform; I was on active duty all my time at school; I killed my enemy there. John Knowles hatred war school Looking back, I think we were all quite mature, surprisingly responsible. In earlier wars, boys of our age had just gone off to raise hell or enlist or both, but we stayed dutifully at our desks doing tomorrow's homework. John Knowles looking looking-back tomorrow age
