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 about being women, they can never quite get away from the recurrent theme of blaming men.
There are no verdicts to childhood, only consequences, and the bright freight of memory. - Pat Conroy
There are no verdicts to childhood, only consequences, and the bright freight of memory.
- Pat Conroy
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 pass you by without taking joyous, e… - Pat Conroy
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 pass you by without taking joyous, e…
I was born and raised on a Carolina sea island and I carried the sunshine of the low-country, inked in dark gold, on my back and shoulders. - Pat Conroy
I was born and raised on a Carolina sea island and I carried the sunshine of the low-country, inked in dark gold, on my back and shoulders.
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 always has. I've honored … - Pat Conroy
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 always has. I've honored …
The most powerful words in English are, 'Tell me a story.' - Pat Conroy
The most powerful words in English are, 'Tell me a story.'
To describe our growing up in the lowcountry of South Carolina, I would have to take you to the marsh on a spring day, flush the great blue heron fro… - Pat Conroy
To describe our growing up in the lowcountry of South Carolina, I would have to take you to the marsh on a spring day, flush the great blue heron fro…
I only hope to do well enough before I die to have a house as big as my rich Uncle Ed and Aunt Carole. - Pat Conroy
I only hope to do well enough before I die to have a house as big as my rich Uncle Ed and Aunt Carole.
I loved my parents... but that can never change the fact that my father's violence ruined my childhood. - Pat Conroy
I loved my parents... but that can never change the fact that my father's violence ruined my childhood.
Charleston has a landscape that encourages intimacy and partisanship. I have heard it said that an inoculation to the sights and smells of the Caroli… - Pat Conroy
Charleston has a landscape that encourages intimacy and partisanship. I have heard it said that an inoculation to the sights and smells of the Caroli…
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