Author: Pat Conroy

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Fear is the major cargo that American writers must stow away when the writing life calls them into carefully chosen ranks.

Fear is the major cargo that American writers must stow away when the writing life calls them into carefully chosen ranks.

- Pat Conroy

I loved my parents... but that can never change the fact that my father's violence ruined my childhood.

I loved my parents... but that can never change the fact that my father's violence ruined my childhood.

- Pat Conroy

I wrote a piece for the school literary magazine that now makes me think: 'My God in Heaven, this is just the worst drivel.'

I wrote a piece for the school literary magazine that now makes me think: 'My God in Heaven, this is just the worst drivel.'

- Pat Conroy

It's an article of faith that the novels I've loved will live inside me forever.

It's an article of faith that the novels I've loved will live inside me forever.

- Pat Conroy

Writing is more about imagination than anything else. I fell in love with words. I fell in love with storytelling.

Writing is more about imagination than anything else. I fell in love with words. I fell in love with storytelling.

- Pat Conroy

I love books about treks and journeys into the unknown.

I love books about treks and journeys into the unknown.

- Pat Conroy

I think I learned about the relationship between books and life from Margaret Mitchell.

I think I learned about the relationship between books and life from Margaret Mitchell.

- Pat Conroy

A recipe is a story that ends with a good meal.

A recipe is a story that ends with a good meal.

- Pat Conroy

Without music, life is a journey through a desert.

Without music, life is a journey through a desert.

- Pat Conroy

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