“Cruelty was easier to forgive than apostasy.”

— Pat Conroy, The Lords of Discipline (1980)

About Pat Conroy

1945 – 2016

American novelist, author of "The Prince of Tides".

“Bad teachers do not touch me; the great ones never leave me.”

“Always believe in things and people that bring you pleasure.”

“I've never had anybody's approval, so I've learned to live without it.”

“All becoming and growing—all that guarantees a future—involves pain.”

“The superior man thinks of virtue; the small man thinks of comfort.”

“Let us forget and forgive injuries.”

“The time for the healing of the wounds has come.”

“Pass by us, and forgive us our happiness.”

“On our earth we can only love with suffering and through suffering.”