Evil would always come to me disguised in systems and dignified by law.
Pat Conroy Quotes
1945–2016 United States
Donald Patrick "Pat" Conroy (October 26, 1945 – March 4, 2016) was an American author who wrote several acclaimed novels and memoirs. Two of his novels, The Prince of Tides and The Great Santini, were made into Oscar-nominated films.
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My wound is geography. It is also my anchorage, my port of call.
The Prince of Tides (1986)
The Water is Wide (1972)
My passion for eating springs from a childhood not deprived of food but deprived of good food.
Christ must do a lot of puking when he reflects upon the good works done in his name.
The Water is Wide (1972)
The Death of Santini: The Story of a Father and His Son (2013)
The Great Santini (1976)
Bad teachers do not touch me; the great ones never leave me.
The Lords of Discipline (1980)
I turned sixty-five this year and I take old age seriously. There's work to be done.
The Death of Santini: The Story of a Father and His Son (2013)
One can do anything, anything at all, I thought, if provided with a passionate and gifted teacher.
Beach Music (1995)
I envy the tireless intimacy of women's friendship, its lastingness, and its unbendable strength.
The Death of Santini: The Story of a Father and His Son (2013)
Beach Music (1995)
The Great Santini (1976)
I have yet to meet an English teacher who assigned a book to damage a kid.
The Death of Santini: The Story of a Father and His Son (2013)
Beach Music (1995)
The Death of Santini: The Story of a Father and His Son (2013)
The Water is Wide (1972)
The only word for goodness is goodness, and it is not enough.
The Prince of Tides (1986)
The Death of Santini: The Story of a Father and His Son (2013)
The Water is Wide (1972)
Attribution
Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Pat Conroy (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.