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> [There are no verdicts to childhood, only consequences, and the bright freight of memory.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pat-conroy/there-are-no-verdicts-to-childhood-only-consequences-and-the-bright/)

[Pat Conroy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pat-conroy/)

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> [My father wouldn't let me take typing in childhood.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pat-conroy/my-father-wouldn-t-let-me-take-typing-in-childhood/)

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> [The great thing about all my siblings is we all agree we had a horrendous childhood. It's not like it doesn't affect…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pat-conroy/the-great-thing-about-all-my-siblings-is-we-all-agree-we-had-a/)

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> [These are the quicksilver moments of my childhood I cannot remember entirely. Irresistible and emblematic, I can recall them only in fragments…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pat-conroy/these-are-the-quicksilver-moments-of-my-childhood-i-cannot-remember/)

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> [I loved my parents... but that can never change the fact that my father's violence ruined my childhood.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pat-conroy/i-loved-my-parents-but-that-can-never-change-the-fact-that-my-father/)

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> [“If your parents disapprove of you and are cunning with their disapproval, there will never come a new dawn when you can…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pat-conroy/if-your-parents-disapprove-of-you-and-are-cunning-with-their/)

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> [To describe our growing up in the lowcountry of South Carolina, I would have to take you to the marsh on a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pat-conroy/to-describe-our-growing-up-in-the-lowcountry-of-south-carolina-i/)

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> [“As his children, we were treated as some species of migrant workers who happened to be passing through. My father was the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pat-conroy/as-his-children-we-were-treated-as-some-species-of-migrant-workers/)

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> [“It was growing dark on this long southern evening, and suddenly, at the exact point her finger had indicated, the moon lifted…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pat-conroy/it-was-growing-dark-on-this-long-southern-evening-and-suddenly-at-the/)

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- [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b020/author-richard-dawkins-78503.jpg) Richard Dawkins 10 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/childhood/richard-dawkins/)
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- [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b010/author-george-eliot-37652.jpg) George Eliot 10 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/childhood/george-eliot/)
- [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b006/author-charles-dickens-22226.jpg) Charles Dickens 10 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/childhood/charles-dickens/)

## More by Pat Conroy

> [A recipe is a story that ends with a good meal.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pat-conroy/a-recipe-is-a-story-that-ends-with-a-good-meal/)

[Pat Conroy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pat-conroy/)

> [Except for memory, time would have no meaning at all.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pat-conroy/except-for-memory-time-would-have-no-meaning-at-all/)

[Pat Conroy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pat-conroy/)

> [It's an article of faith that the novels I've loved will live inside me forever.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pat-conroy/it-s-an-article-of-faith-that-the-novels-i-ve-loved-will-live-inside/)

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> [“my folks wouldn't read a book if you put a gun to their dicks. but they read people all day long and always get…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pat-conroy/my-folks-wouldn-t-read-a-book-if-you-put-a-gun-to-their-dicks-but/)

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> [Cameras are a lifesaver for very shy people who have nowhere else to hide. Behind a lens they can disguise the fact that they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pat-conroy/cameras-are-a-lifesaver-for-very-shy-people-who-have-nowhere-else-to/)

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> [Carolina beach music," Dupree said, coming up on the porch. "The holiest sound on earth.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pat-conroy/carolina-beach-music-dupree-said-coming-up-on-the-porch-the-holiest/)

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> [“My memory often seems like a city of exiled poets afire with the astonishment of language, each believing in the integrity of his own…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pat-conroy/my-memory-often-seems-like-a-city-of-exiled-poets-afire-with-the/)

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> [“We began our life together at a moment of natural self-pity and defeat that left an inimitable impression on both of us. The rejection…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pat-conroy/we-began-our-life-together-at-a-moment-of-natural-self-pity-and/)

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> [“I always liked your piety, Jack.” “I’m a lot cuter than the women of your generation,” Betsy said, playing up to Capers and Mike.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pat-conroy/i-always-liked-your-piety-jack-i-m-a-lot-cuter-than-the-women-of-your/)

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> [“From the beginning I've searched out those writers unafraid to stir up the emotions, who entrust me with their darkest passions, their most indestructible…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pat-conroy/from-the-beginning-i-ve-searched-out-those-writers-unafraid-to-stir/)

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> [“My mother's voice and my father's fists are two bookends of my childhood, and they form the basis of my art.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pat-conroy/my-mother-s-voice-and-my-father-s-fists-are-two-bookends-of-my/)

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> [“Over the years, my church gave me passage into a menagerie of exotic words unknown in the South: "introit," "offertory," "liturgy," "movable feast," "the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pat-conroy/over-the-years-my-church-gave-me-passage-into-a-menagerie-of-exotic/)

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> [“I have built a city from the books I've read. A good book sings a a timeless music that is heard in the choir…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pat-conroy/i-have-built-a-city-from-the-books-i-ve-read-a-good-book-sings-a-a/)

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> [“Time moves funny and it's hard to pin down. Occasionally, time offers you a hundred opportunities to do the right thing. Sometimes, it gives…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pat-conroy/time-moves-funny-and-it-s-hard-to-pin-down-occasionally-time-offers/)

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> [“I take it as an article of faith that the novels I've loved will live inside me forever.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pat-conroy/i-take-it-as-an-article-of-faith-that-the-novels-i-ve-loved-will-live/)

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