Quotes by Pat Conroy

About Pat Conroy:

Pat Conroy is a New York Times bestselling author who has written several acclaimed novels and memoirs. Two of his novels, The Prince of Tides and The Great Santini, were made into Oscar-nominated films. He is recognized as a leading figure of late-20th century Southern literature.
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I’ve never had anyone’s approval, so I’ve learned to live without it.

Pat Conroy

The body's a funny thing. It's so full of surprises that it makes conventional wisdom seem silly.

Pat Conroy

Fantasy is one of the soul's brighter porcelains.

Pat Conroy

The pursuit of greatness means that laziness has no place in your life.

Pat Conroy

Her laughter was a shiny thing, like pewter flung high in the air.

Pat Conroy

It enclosed us in its laceries as we watched the moon spill across the Atlantic like wine from an overturned glass. With the light all around us, we felt secret in that moon-infused water like pearls forming in the soft tissues of oysters.

Pat Conroy

Carolina beach music," Dupree said, coming up on the porch. "The holiest sound on earth.

Pat Conroy

Music could ache and hurt, that beautiful music was a place a suffering man could hide.

Pat Conroy

Writing poetry and reading books causes brain damage.

Pat Conroy

One can learn anything, anything at all, I thought, if provided by a gifted and passionate teacher.

Pat Conroy

The water was pure and cold and came out of the Apennines tasting like snow melted in the hands of a pretty girl.

Pat Conroy

The most powerful words in English are 'Tell me a story,' words that are intimately related to the complexity of history, the origins of language, the continuity of the species, the taproot of our humanity, our singularity, and art itself.

Pat Conroy

My father's violence is the central fact of my art and my life.

Pat Conroy

You must appreciate beauty for it to endure.

Pat Conroy

I've always admired people who give accurate directions, and the tribe is small.

Pat Conroy

Help them, but don't make friends with them.

Pat Conroy

I bet they love those games on Friday night more than they do segregation.

Pat Conroy

Mansions were forming like jewels in my bloodstream.

Pat Conroy

I take account of my life and find that I have lived a lot and learned very little.

Pat Conroy

One must always forgive another's passion.

Pat Conroy

Author Bio

  • NamePat Conroy
  • DescriptionNovelist
  • BornOctober 26, 1945
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionBaseball Player; Novelist
  • WorksThe Great Santini; The Lords Of Discipline; The Prince Of Tides
  • AwardsLillian Smith Book Award