“The only word for goodness is goodness, and it is not enough.”

— Pat Conroy, The Prince of Tides (1986)

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.”

“Let whatever appears to be the best be to you an inviolable law.”

“Lord, what fools these mortals be!”

“All that glisters is not gold.”

“Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown.”

“And one man in his time plays many parts.”

“Give every man thy ear, but few thy voice.”