Pat Conroy Quotes

Without music, life is a journey through a desert. - Pat Conroy

To stand by him will be one of the greatest moments in my life. He was the beginning of my literary career. - Pat Conroy

Those wishing to be successful in the market can't ignore the boomer numbers, the wealth and spending power they have. The boomers have redefined every age they've moved through, so there's no reason to believe they will not redefine the stereotypes of what it means to be retired. - Pat Conroy

This place means a lot to me. But make no mistake, I am a basketball coach. And I would not come back if I wasn't absolutely convinced that we can win. - Pat Conroy

The children of warriors in our country learn the grace and caution that come from a permanent sense of estrangement. - Pat Conroy

Stereotypes need to be discarded. - Pat Conroy

My mother, Southern to the bone, once told me, "All Southern literature can be summed up in these words: 'On the night the hogs ate Willie, Mama died when she heard what Daddy did to sister. - Pat Conroy

My mother thought of my father as half barbarian and half blunt instrument, and she isolated him from his children. - Pat Conroy

My mother saw in 'Gone With the Wind' the text of liberating herself... She took 'Gone With the Wind' as the central book in her life, and made it the central book in her family. - Pat Conroy

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