Pat Conroy, My Reading Life Quotes

A library could show you everything if you knew where to look.

Writing is the only way I have to explain my own life to myself.

The most powerful words in English are, "Tell me a story.

Hurt is a great teacher, maybe the greatest of all.

I can forgive almost any crime if a great story is left in its wake.

I have built a city from the books I've read. A good book sings a a timeless music that is heard in the choir lofts, and balconies, and theaters that thrived within that secret city inside me.