"South of Broad" Quotes
By Pat Conroy
fiction | 514 pages | Published in 2009
Quotes
Nothing in the world is more haughty than a man who has been humbled.
I was beginning to learn that life is about the one you love and not the ones who love you. Those you love give meaning to your life, not the ones who love you.
I learned to love the fool in me. The one who feels too much, talks too much, takes too many chances, wins sometimes and loses often, lacks self-control, loves and hates, hurts and gets hurt, promises and breaks promises, laughs and cries.
She had told me that one of the reasons she loved me was because I was so much myself when I was with her. I was beginning to understand that one of the reasons I loved her was because she was so much herself when she was with me.
To take risks, you have to be willing to fail, and after failing, pick yourself up and try again.
The worst thing about marriage is that it ends every night after making love, and it must be rebuilt every morning before breakfast.
The only word that can truly hurt you is the one you never hear.
It's a part of me that makes my life worth living, and if I give that up, I give up the meaning of my life.
The saddest journey in the world is the one that follows a map to the end.
Time moves on, and we cannot reclaim it.