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“We were in shaky transit from the groveling status of Lower Middlers to the near-respectability of Upper Middlers. The class above, seniors, draft-bait, rushed ahead of us toward the war. They were caught up in accelerated courses, first-aid programs, and a physical hardening regimen which included jumping from this tree. We were reading Virgil and playing tag in the river. Until Finny thought of the tree.”
— Jan 04, 2026 11:02PM
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Natalia Fiore
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“I had known Finny in an impersonal dormitory, a gym, a playing field. In the room we shared at Devon, many strangers had lived before us, and many would afterward. It was there that I had done it, but it was here that I would have to tell it. I felt like a wild man who had stumbled in from the jungle to tear the place apart.” (Chapter 5, p. 69)
— Jan 15, 2026 10:20PM
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“Finny got away with everything because of the extraordinary kind of person he was. It was quite a compliment to me, as a matter of fact, to have such a person chose me for his best friend…
I should’ve told him then that he was my best friend. I started to; I nearly did. But something held me back. Perhaps I was stopped at that level of feeling, deeper than thought, which contains the truth.” (p. 29; p. 48)
— Jan 08, 2026 07:55PM
I should’ve told him then that he was my best friend. I started to; I nearly did. But something held me back. Perhaps I was stopped at that level of feeling, deeper than thought, which contains the truth.” (p. 29; p. 48)
