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Quotes from The Prince of Tides — Pat Conroy

1945–2016 United States

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My wound is geography. It is also my anchorage, my port of call.

The Prince of Tides (1986)

The only word for goodness is goodness, and it is not enough.

The Prince of Tides (1986)

In families, there are no crimes beyond forgiveness.

The Prince of Tides (1986)

I lived with the terrible knowledge that one day I would be an old man still waiting for my real life to start. Already, I pitied that old man.

The Prince of Tides (1986)

These are the quicksilver moments of my childhood I cannot remember entirely. Irresistible and emblematic, I can recall them only in fragments and shivers of the heart.

The Prince of Tides (1986)

Man wonders but God decides
When to kill the Prince of Tides.

The Prince of Tides (1986)

Attribution

Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Pat Conroy (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.