All Pat Conroy Quotes
- She had awakened something in him that had slumbered far too long. Not only did he feel passion, he felt the return of hope. Awakened
- Even today, I hunt for the fabulous books that will change me utterly. I find myself happiest in the middle of a book which I… Book
- Good writing is the hardest form of thinking. It involves the agony of turning profoundly difficult thoughts into lucid form, then forcing them into the… Agony
- He was one of those rare men who are capable of being fully in love only once in their lives. Capable
- When men talk about the agony of being men, they can never quite get away from the recurrent theme of self-pity. And when women talk… Agony
- When mom and dad went to war the only prisoners they took were the children Children
- It did not look like the work of God, but it might have represented the handicraft of a God with a joyous sense of humor,… Dancing
- Here's what I want from a book, what I demand, what I pray for when I take up a novel and begin to read the… Anthologies
- Here's what I love: when a great writer turns me into a Jew from Chicago, a lesbian out of South Carolina, or a black woman… Armor
- We've pretended too much in our family, Luke, and hidden far too much. I think we're all going to pay a high price for our… All
- These are the quicksilver moments of my childhood I cannot remember entirely. Irresistible and emblematic, I can recall them only in fragments and shivers of… Cannot Remember
- The mind is an intricate mechanism that can be run on the fuels of both victory and defeatism. Both
- Honor is the presence of God in man. God
- I was the only person in the world who thought it was a military duty to appear to be in a good mood. Appear
- Evil would always come to me disguised in systems and dignified by law. Always Come
- It's impossible to explain to a Yankee what `tacky' is. They simply have no word for it up north, but my God, do they ever… Ever Need
- I had come to a place where I was meant to be. I don't mean anything so prosaic as a sense of coming home. This… Arriving
- I would always be a better hater of things and institutions than a lover of them. Better
- Love had always issued out of the places that hurt the most. Funny
- Why do they not teach you that time is a finger snap and an eye blink, and that you should not allow a moment to… Allow