Quotes are meaningful, inspirational, wise, etc. They are sayings, things that people have said. In the novel, A Separate Peace, the characters have said many psychological things in relation to who they are as characters. One of the statements of the main character and narrator, Gene, included, “My war ended before I ever put on a uniform; I was on active duty all my time at school; I killed my enemy there.” Furthermore, he says, "Nothing endures, not a tree, not love, not even a death by violence." Phineas, one of the two main characters, stated, “when you really love something, then it loves you back, in whatever way it has to love.” Lastly, Gene made this subconscious statement at the funeral of his “best friend”, “I did not cry then