His life had been confused and disordered since then, but if he could once return to a certain starting place and go over it all slowly, he could find out what that thing was

“If personality is an unbroken series of successful gestures, then there was som…”

“Will father be there?" she asked.John turned to her in astonishment.Your father…”

“Most of the big shore places were closed now. And there were hardly any lights …”

“Amory thought how it was only the past that seemed strange and unbelievable.”