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"Minor themes:
The dehumanization of the modern American male, Male chauvinism as masculinity, The American South, Feminism
The Prince of Tides appears to be heavily influenced by Pat Conroy’s own life experiences, as are most of his other novels. He was raised throughout the South; his father was abusive; his mother was beautiful. Conroy, like Tom was born during World War II and had friends die in Vietnam." — May 25, 2022 06:08AM
"Minor themes:
The dehumanization of the modern American male, Male chauvinism as masculinity, The American South, Feminism
The Prince of Tides appears to be heavily influenced by Pat Conroy’s own life experiences, as are most of his other novels. He was raised throughout the South; his father was abusive; his mother was beautiful. Conroy, like Tom was born during World War II and had friends die in Vietnam." — May 25, 2022 06:08AM
“We ourselves shall be loved for awhile and forgotten. But the love will have been enough; all those impulses
of love return to the love that made them. Even memory is not necessary for love. There is a land of the living and a land of the dead and the bridge is love, the only survival, the only meaning.”
― The Bridge of San Luis Rey
of love return to the love that made them. Even memory is not necessary for love. There is a land of the living and a land of the dead and the bridge is love, the only survival, the only meaning.”
― The Bridge of San Luis Rey
“The man who comes back through the Door in the Wall will never be quite the same as the man who went out. He will be wiser but less sure, happier but less self-satisfied, humbler in acknowledging his ignorance yet better equipped to understand the relationship of words to things, of systematic reasoning to the unfathomable mystery which it tries, forever vainly, to comprehend”
― The Doors of Perception
― The Doors of Perception
“Do any human beings ever realize life while they live it?”
― Our Town
― Our Town
“Being employed is like being loved: you know that somebody's thinking about you the whole time.”
― The Matchmaker
― The Matchmaker
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