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John Knowles quotes about saying

American Novelist September 16, 1926 – November 29, 2001

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Everyone has a moment in history which belongs particularly to him. It is the moment when his emotions achieve their most powerful sway over him, and afterward when you say to this person "the world today" or "life" or "reality" he will assume that you mean this moment, even if it is fifty years past. The world, through his unleashed emotions, imprinted itself upon him, and he carries the stamp of that passing moment forever. John Knowles
Then for no reason at all, I felt magnificent. It was as though my body until that instant had simply been lazy as though the aches and exhaustion were all imagined, created from nothing in order to keep me from truly exerting myself. Now my body seemed at last to say, "Well, if you must have it, here!" and an accession of strength came flooding through me. Buoyed up, I forgot my usual feeling of routine self-pity when working out, I lost myself, oppressed mind along with aching body; all... John Knowles
John Knowles quote: "Always say some prayers at night because it might turn out..."
Always say some prayers at night because it might turn out that there is a God. John Knowles
Never say you are five feet nine whenyou are five feet eight and a half" was the first one I encountered. Another was, "Always say some prayers at night because it might turnout that there is a God. John Knowles
John Knowles quote: "The first person who says anything unpleasant will get a swift..."
The first person who says anything unpleasant will get a swift kick in the ass. John Knowles

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