“Most of the students there, he said, don't know what they think. You tell 'em, they'll think it. I plan to tell 'em.” SchoolAdolescence Book:Peace Breaks Out Source: Peace Breaks Out
“In the deep, tacit way in which feeling becomes stronger than thought, I had always felt that the Devon School came into existence the day i entered it, was vibrantly real while I was a student there, and then blinked out like a candle the day I left.” SchoolExistenceThoughtFeeling Book:A Separate Peace Source: A Separate Peace
“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.” SchoolClassMembersSuspectsCrucialSchool LifeExeter Author:John Knowles
“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.” WarSchoolLevelsEnemyDutyHatredActiveIntenseMy TimeUniformsSeparate Peace Book:A Separate Peace Source: A Separate Peace