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John Knowles

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Teenagers today are more free to be themselves and to accept themselves.


— John Knowles


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The best teaching I ever experienced was at Exeter. Yale was a distinct letdown afterward.


— John Knowles


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The summer of 1943 at Exeter was as happy a time as I ever had in my life.


— John Knowles


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There are simply more young people than there ever were. You get this feeling of strength. Also, large numbers can be a drawback, making it difficult to lose one's anonymity.


— John Knowles


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Young people in my generation were sort of in lockstep, and it wasn't just the '40s, either. In the '30s and in the '50s it was the same. No one ever dropped out unless he got sick or got kicked out.


— John Knowles


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Exeter was, I suspect, more crucial in my life than in the lives of most members of my class, and conceivably, than in the lives of almost anyone else who ever attended the school.


— John Knowles


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About John Knowles






Did you know about John Knowles?

He attended St. Early in Knowles's career he wrote for the Hartford Courant and was assistant editor for Holiday magazine while he concurrently began writing novels of which he eventually completed seven. In his home town Knowles’ father was the vice president of a coal company and they received a steady income affording them a decent standard of living.

John Knowles (September 16 1926 – November 29 2001) was an American novelist best known for his novel A Separate Peace. He died in 2001 at the age of 75.

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