When men talk about the agony of being men, they can never quite get away from the recurrent theme of self-pity.
PAT CONROYHere is all I ask of a book- give me everything. Everything, and don’t leave out a single word.
More Pat Conroy Quotes
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Except for memory, time would have no meaning at all.
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Good writing … involves the agony of turning profoundly difficult thoughts into lucid form, then forcing them into the tight-fitting uniform of language, making them visible and clear.
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Laughter is the only strategy that has ever worked at all for me when my world is falling apart.
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Honor is the presence of God in man.
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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.
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I loved my parents… but that can never change the fact that my father’s violence ruined my childhood.
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Good coaching is good teaching and nothing else.
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A recipe is a story that ends with a good meal.
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My wound is geography. It is also my anchorage, my port of call.
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American men are allotted just as many tears as American women. But because we are forbidden to shed them.
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Put me into a crusader’s armor, a cardinal’s vestments. Let me feel the pygmy’s heartbeat, the queen’s breast, the torturer’s pleasure, the Nile’s taste, or the nomad’s thirst.
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I’ve always believed that dreams were both the love letters and the hate mail of the subconscious.
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One does not know where love will take you.
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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 wounds you learn how to avoid getting wounded the next time.
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William Ferris has long reigned as the unimpeachable source of the entire southern experience. His work on southern folklore and the composition of the Encyclopedia of Southern Culture have made him both legendary and necessary. His book,
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