Pat Conroy Quotes about Children

Mama always taught her children that words were pretty, but anyone can talk. She said, pay attention to that man or woman who acted, who did, who performed. She taught us to trust in thing we could see, not that we

Mama always taught her children that words were pretty, but anyone can talk. She said, pay attention to that man or woman who acted, who did, who performed. She taught us to trust in thing we could see, not that we heard.

Pat Conroy

Children, Men, Taught Us

Pat Conroy (1995). “Beach Music”, Nan A. Talese

When mom and dad went to war the only prisoners they took were the children

Pat Conroy

Mom, Children, Dad

Of the Yamacraw children, I can say little. I don't think I changed the quality of their lives significantly or altered the inexorable fact that they were imprisoned by the very circumstance of their birth.

Pat Conroy

Children, Thinking, Quality

Pat Conroy (2010). “The Water Is Wide: A Memoir”, p.182, Open Road Media

The children of warriors in our country learn the grace and caution that come from a permanent sense of estrangement.

Pat Conroy

Country, Children, Warrior

Pat Conroy (2016). “A Lowcountry Heart: Reflections on a Writing Life”, p.144, Nan A. Talese

We children sat transfixed before that moon our mother had called forth from the waters. When the moon had reached its deepest silver, my sister, Savannah, though only three, cried aloud to our mother, to Luke and me, to the river and the moon, "Oh, Mama, do it again!" And I had my earliest memory.

Pat Conroy

Mother, Children, Memories

Pat Conroy (2016). “The Great Santini, The Lords of Discipline, and The Prince of Tides: Three Classic Novels in One Collection”, p.759, Open Road Media