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Pat Conroy Quotes

I'm not the lovable, wonderful, tenderhearted grandfather that you read about in books. I'm grouchy and curmudgeonly, and I have a lot of rules.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: writer
Nationality: american
Birth: October 26, 1945 - March 4, 2016

Topics

You Rules Grandfather Wonderful Read

I've lost friends over texting because I'm so bad at it.

Friends Bad Lost Over Texting

Hell, covering all with its gloomy vapors, has cast shadows on even the holiest eyes.

Eyes Hell Shadows Gloomy Cast Even

I have, by nature, an analytical mind.

Stephen Sondheim

Nature Mind Analytical

It's important for me to be free and know I'm acting for myself. I do things because I want to, and that's important. You want to be your own person.

Stephenie Meyer

Myself Me Free You Acting Person

Facebook has never been shy about its ambitions.

Shy Never Facebook Been About

I can only go one way. I've not got a reverse gear.

I Can Go Way Got Only Reverse

That's my whole point as an artist - I'm trying to get you to turn a page.

Trying You Artist Page Turn Point

I've often talked about metal being the underdog in rock n' roll music.

Music Underdog Rock Metal Roll

I'm racing against me. As long as I come across the finish, I'll be okay.

Me Racing Long Okay Finish Against

Being a mother is hard and it wasn't a subject I ever studied.

Mother Mom Hard Being Subject Ever

Of course we have Queen Elizabeth as head of state, but in many ways we are a kind of republic. We don't have royals in Australia, so it was kind of unusual to run into those kind of people. But aside from that it was quite ordinary.

Mary, Crown Princess of Denmark

Queen People Australia Kind Run

What a magical thing is the bed, and what a vulnerable, innocent creature is the sleeping human - the human who never looks more truthful or pitiful or benign; the curled-up, childlike dreaming soul who has for a few hours become an angel adrift.

Soul Angel Looks Innocent Childlike

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