It's impossible to explain to a Yankee what `tacky' is. They simply have no word for it up north, but my God, do they ever need one. Pat Conroy More Quotes by Pat Conroy More Quotes From Pat Conroy One does not know where love will take you. Pat Conroy knows doe love The water was pure and cold and came out of the Apennines tasting like snow melted in the hands of a pretty girl. Pat Conroy girl water hands I think I learned about the relationship between books and life from Margaret Mitchell. Pat Conroy book thinking I still write in long hand. I type like a chimpanzee. Pat Conroy writing long hands I only hope to do well enough before I die to have a house as big as my rich Uncle Ed and Aunt Carole. Pat Conroy aunt uncles house I never read my reviews... not even the good ones. Barbra Streisand once told me, if just one person in the audience doesn't applaud, it bothers her. I'm the same way. I'd be devastated to read that someone didn't like my work. Pat Conroy reviews bother way I realized early that unless you're willing to kill the innocent, you can't win. Pat Conroy cant-win innocent winning (You) don't leave the chicken to watch the feed. Pat Conroy chickens temptation watches Families without songs are unhappy families. Pat Conroy singing unhappy song Isn't it a shame military doctors couldn't be as good as military sunglasses? Pat Conroy sunglasses doctors military Craziness attacks the softest eyes and hamstrings the gentlest flanks. Pat Conroy mental-illness craziness eye In family matters you can get over anything. That's one thing you'll learn as an adult. There's a lot you have to learn which is a lot worse than that. You'd never think of forgiving a friend for some of the things your parents did to you. But with friends it's different. Friends aren't the roll of the dice. Pat Conroy forgiving parent thinking Once you have traveled, the voyage never ends, but is played out over and over again in the quietest chambers, that the mind can never break off from the journey. Pat Conroy Government spending is not in itself bad, but it must be remembered at all times its taxpayers’ money, not politicians’ money being spent. Pat Conroy world The Great Santini. i hated my father long before I knew there was a word for hate. Pat Conroy us-news The water is wide and he has now passed over. Pat Conroy us-news I wasn't yet prepared to say The Great Santini beat us half to death and left us in the driveway, i had trouble getting people to believe me. Pat Conroy people The Water is wide and Pat Conroy has now passed over. Pat Conroy people The Death of Santini, for two years, I’ve tried to satisfy my great interior hunger with a diet that would satisfy a full-grown squirrel but did little to conquer the hippopotamus that lives within me. Pat Conroy lifestyle I mark the reading of 'Look Homeward, Angel' as one of the pivotal events of my life. It starts off with the single greatest, knock-your-socks-off first page I have ever come across in my careful reading of world literature. Pat Conroy my-life look angel life