Then another porpoise broke the water and rolled toward us. A third and fourth porpoise neared. The visitation was something so rare and perfect that we knew by instinct not to speak-and then as quickly as they had come, the porpoises moved away from us…
PAT CONROY- Men are prisoners of their genitalia and women are the keepers of the keys to paradise.
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Men are prisoners of their genitalia and women are the keepers of the keys to paradise.
More Pat Conroy Quotes
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Then another porpoise broke the water and rolled toward us. A third and fourth porpoise neared. The visitation was something so rare and perfect that we knew by instinct not to speak-and then as quickly as they had come, the porpoises moved away from us…
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The Storied South , is a love song to the South Bill helped illuminate. It’s a crowning achievement of his own storied career.
PAT CONROYThe Storied South , is a love song to the South Bill helped illuminate. It’s a crowning achievement of his own storied career.
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Political correctness has a stranglehold on academia, on feminism, and on the media. It is a form of both madness and maggotry, and has already silenced the voices of writers like James Dicky across the land.
PAT CONROYPolitical correctness has a stranglehold on academia, on feminism, and on the media. It is a form of both madness and maggotry, and has already silenced the voices of writers like James Dicky across the land.
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A story is a living thing, it moves and shifts.
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The English language on her tongue became a smoke-screen, without her eyes changing expression in the least.
PAT CONROYThe English language on her tongue became a smoke-screen, without her eyes changing expression in the least.
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I’ve never had anyone’s approval, so I’ve learned to live without it.
PAT CONROYI’ve never had anyone’s approval, so I’ve learned to live without it.
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Books are living things and their task lies in their vows of silence.
PAT CONROYBooks are living things and their task lies in their vows of silence.
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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.
PAT CONROYGood 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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You touch them as they quiver with a divine pleasure. You read them and they fall asleep to happy dreams for the next 10 years. If you do them the favor of understanding them, of taking in their portions of grief and wisdom, then they settle down in contented residence in your heart.
PAT CONROYYou touch them as they quiver with a divine pleasure. You read them and they fall asleep to happy dreams for the next 10 years. If you do them the favor of understanding them, of taking in their portions of grief and wisdom, then they settle down in contented residence in your heart.
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But no one walks out of his family without reprisals: a family is too disciplined an army to offer compassion to its deserters.
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The mind is an intricate mechanism that can be run on the fuels of both victory and defeatism.
PAT CONROYThe mind is an intricate mechanism that can be run on the fuels of both victory and defeatism.
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Humanity is best described as inhumanity.
PAT CONROYHumanity is best described as inhumanity.
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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 need one.
PAT CONROYIt’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 need one.
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Here is all I ask of a book- give me everything. Everything, and don’t leave out a single word.
PAT CONROYHere is all I ask of a book- give me everything. Everything, and don’t leave out a single word.
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One can learn anything, anything at all, I thought, if provided by a gifted and passionate teacher.
PAT CONROYOne can learn anything, anything at all, I thought, if provided by a gifted and passionate teacher.
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The most powerful words in English are, ‘Tell me a story.’
PAT CONROYThe most powerful words in English are, ‘Tell me a story.’
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