Pat Conroy, Beach Music Quotes

One can learn anything, anything at all, I thought, if provided by a gifted and passionate teacher.

Music could ache and hurt, that beautiful music was a place a suffering man could hide.

Fantasy is one of the soul's brighter porcelains.

The pursuit of greatness means that laziness has no place in your life.

Her laughter was a shiny thing, like pewter flung high in the air.

The water was pure and cold and came out of the Apennines tasting like snow melted in the hands of a pretty girl.

It's politics . . . It makes everybody stupid. When you grow up, you'll know what I mean.

Carolina beach music, " Dupree said, coming up on the porch. "The holiest sound on earth.

Wasn't Atlanta the murder capital of the U.S. last year?" "Yes, but the airport's perfectly safe.

The body's a funny thing. It's so full of surprises that it makes conventional wisdom seem silly.