All Walker Percy Quotes
- I am not ashamed to use the word class. I will also plead guilty to another charge. The charge is that people belonging to my… Another Charge
- I don't like to be described as a Southern writer. The danger is, if you're described as a Southern writer, you might be thought of… Cabin
- Peace is only better than war when it's not hell too. War being hell makes sense. Better
- Why is there such a gap between nonspeaking animals and speaking man, when there is no other such gap in nature? Animal
- Hatred strikes me as one of the few signs of life remaining in the world. This is another thing about the world which is upsidedown:… Alive
- You live in a deranged age, more deranged that usual, because in spite of great scientific and technological advances, man has not the faintest idea… Advances
- The search is what anyone would undertake if he were not sunk in the everydayness of his own life. To become aware of the possibility… Anyone
- You can get all A's and still flunk life. All
- I like to eat crawfish and drink beer. That's despair? Beer
- I couldn't stand it. I still can't stand it. I can't stand the way things are. I cannot tolerate this age. Age
- Lucky is the man who does not secretly believe that every possibility is open to him. Believe
- Small disconnected facts, if you take note of them, have a way of becoming connected. Becoming
- Before, I wandered as a diversion. Now I wander seriously and sit and read as a diversion. Diversion
- The fact is I am quite happy in a movie, even a bad movie. Other people, so I have read, treasure memorable moments in their… Bad
- Lord, grant that my work increase knowledge and help other men. Failing that, Lord, grant that it will not lead to man’s destruction. Failing that,… Article
- They all think any minute I'm going to commit suicide. What a joke. The truth of course is the exact opposite: suicide is the only… Ah
- Why did God make women so beautiful and man with such a loving heart? Beautiful
- The difference between a non-suicide and an ex-suicide leaving the house for work, at eight o'clock on an ordinary morning: The non-suicide is a little… Alive
- For some time now the impression has been growing upon me that everyone is dead. It happens when I speak to people. In the middle… Been
- Like many young men in the South, he had trouble ruling out the possible. They are not like an immigrant's son in Passaic who desires… Action