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“...considered authority, the necessary evil against which happiness was achieved by reaction...”
― John Knowles, A Separate Peace

“Learn to want something for yourself, Ma Xiuying. Not what someone says you should want. Not what you think you should want. Don’t go through life thinking only of duty. When all we have are these brief spans between our nonexistences, why not make the most of the life you’re living now? The price is worth it.”
― Shelley Parker-Chan, She Who Became the Sun

“Yes, he had practically saved my life. He had also practically lost it for me.”
― John Knowles, A Separate Peace

“You didn’t shame anybody into anything.” “Oh yes I did. I’m good for you that way. You have a tendency to back away from things otherwise.”
― John Knowles, A Separate Peace