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Pat Conroy quotes about reading

American Writer October 26, 1945

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Even today, I hunt for the fabulous books that will change me utterly. I find myself happiest in the middle of a book which I forget that I am reading, but am instead immersed in a made-up life lived at the highest pitch. Pat Conroy
Books are living things and their task lies in their vows of silence. You touch them as they quiver with a divine pleasure. You read them and they fall asleep to happy dreams for the next 10 years. If you do them the favor of understanding them, of taking in their portions of grief and wisdom, then they settle down in contented residence in your heart. Pat Conroy
Here's what I want from a book, what I demand, what I pray for when I take up a novel and begin to read the first sentence: I want everything and nothing less, the full measure of a writer's heart. I want a novel so poetic that I do not have to turn to the standby anthologies of poetry to satisfy that itch for music, for perfection and economy of phrasing, for exactness of tone. Then, too, I want a book so filled with story and character that I read page after page without thinking of food or... Pat Conroy
Pat Conroy quote: "Writing poetry and reading books causes brain damage."
Writing poetry and reading books causes brain damage. Pat Conroy
Pat Conroy quote: "my folks wouldn't read a book if you put a gun to their dicks...."
my folks wouldn't read a book if you put a gun to their dicks. but they read people all day long and always get it right. Pat Conroy
You get a little moody sometimes but I think that's because you like to read. People that like to read are always a little fucked up. Pat Conroy

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