But you know how it is with fathers and sons. We can’t say what we want to say. We think a nod is a paragraph and a sentence is a book, and, in the end, all that’s important is left unspoken.

Peter Kirby
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In the above quote, John Knowles, author of A Separate Peace, was speaking of the father/son relationship. He wanted to say that he was angry with his son for not taking life seriously enough, but his anger prevented him from speaking the truth. He wasn’t angry at his son for not trying hard enough; he was angry at himself for not being able to say what he wanted to say.

Source: The Dead Of Winter

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