Authors — Quotes

Pat Conroy Quotes: 7

You get a little moody sometimes but I think that's because you like to read. People that like to read are always a little fucked up.
The Prince of Tides
Happiness is an accident of nature, a beautiful and flawless aberration.
The Lords of Discipline
I’ve never had anyone’s approval, so I’ve learned to live without it.
The Great Santini
I wanted to become the seeker, the aroused and passionate explorer, and it was better to go at it knowing nothing at all, always choosing the unmarked bottle, always choosing your own unproven method, armed with nothing but faith and a belief in astonishment.
The Lords of Discipline
Writing poetry and reading books causes brain damage.
Beach Music
It did not look like the work of God, but it might have represented the handicraft of a God with a joyous sense of humor, a dancing God who loved mischief as much as prayer, and playfulness as much as mischief.
South of Broad
The tide was a poem that only time could create, and I watched it stream and brim and makes its steady dash homeward, to the ocean.
South of Broad