All Pat Conroy Quotes
- You do not learn how to write novels in a writing program. You learn how by leading an interesting life. Open yourself up to all… All
- There is no teacher more discriminating or transforming than loss. Discriminating
- Losing prepares you for the heartbreak, setback, and the tragedy that you will encounter in the world more than winning ever can. By licking your… Avoid
- We children sat transfixed before that moon our mother had called forth from the waters. When the moon had reached its deepest silver, my sister,… Aloud
- She had so mastered the strategies of camouflage that her own history had seemed a series of well-placed mirrors that kept her hidden from herself. Camouflage
- My soul found ease and rest in the companionship of books. Book
- Except for memory, time would have no meaning at all. All
- In Charleston, more than elsewhere, you get the feeling that the twentieth century is a vast, unconscionable mistake. Century
- A library could show you everything if you knew where to look. Inspirational
- Her library would have been valuable to a bibliophile except she treated her books execrably. I would rarely open a volume that she had not… Argument
- Paranoia has a sharper taste if the danger is real. Danger
- Cameras are a lifesaver for very shy people who have nowhere else to hide. Behind a lens they can disguise the fact that they have… Behind
- Like everything else, love's not worth much without some action to back it up. Action
- Love's action. It isn't talk and it never has been. Action
- I realized early that unless you're willing to kill the innocent, you can't win. Early
- Teach them the quiet words of kindness, to live beyond themselves. Urge them toward excellence, drive them toward gentleness, pull them deep into yourself, pull… Angel
- Each divorce is the death of a small civilization. Civilization
- There's no word in the language I revere more than 'teacher.' My heart sings when a kid refers to me as his teacher, and it… Becoming
- Baseball fans love numbers. They love to swirl them around their mouths like Bordeaux wine. Baseball
- I hated my father long before I knew there was a word for hate. Father