Rivers

“What I wanted most was a life of vigorous quality.”
― Pat Conroy, The Prince of Tides

“And each year, I lose a little bit more of what made me special as a kid. I don’t think as much or question as much. I dare nothing. I put nothing on the line. Even my passions are now frayed and pathetic.”
― Pat Conroy, The Prince of Tides

“Her secret, we would discover, was that once you have traveled, the voyage never ends, but is played out over and over again in the quietest chambers, that the mind can never break off from the journey.”
― Pat Conroy, The Prince of Tides

“Like many men and women who make egregious and irretrievable mistakes with their own children, she would redeem herself by becoming the perfect grandmother.”
― Pat Conroy, The Prince of Tides