“Young people in my generation were sort of in lockstep, and it wasn't ...” — John Knowles Quote

“Young people in my generation were sort of in lockstep, and it wasn't just the '40s, either. In the '30s and in the '50s it was the same. No one ever dropped out unless he got sick or got kicked out.”

“Teenagers today are more free to be themselves and to accept themselves.”

“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.”

“I never dropped my surname.”

“I used to listen to 'Ready to Die' around the time I dropped out of college. I was scrambling for work and money.”

“For a while, I was all sports all the time. Then, as I started to get into theater, they dropped away, but I hung on tight with a highly competitive Ultimate Frisbee team. It was probably less intense than I remember, but it was fun.”