# Quote — John Knowles, A Separate Peace

> He [Finny] had never been jealous of me for a second. Now I knew that there never was and never could have been any rivalry between us. I was not of the same quality as he.

- Author: [John Knowles](https://www.leafyquotes.com/john-knowles.md)
- Book: [A Separate Peace](https://www.leafyquotes.com/john-knowles/a-separate-peace.md)
- Page: 59
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- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/john-knowles/a-separate-peace/he-finny-had

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> I lost part of myself to him then, and a soaring sense of freedom revealed that this must have been my purpose from the first: to become a part of Phineas.

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