“Like many men and women who make egregious and irretrievable mistakes with their own children, she would redeem herself by becoming the perfect grandmother.”
"No one has the patent on human suffering. People hurt in different ways and for different reasons."
- Pat Conroy
Awareness
"Writing is the only way I have to explain my own life to myself."
- Pat Conroy
Self-awareness
"Music could ache and hurt, that beautiful music was a place a suffering man could hide."
- Pat Conroy
Adversity
"Once you have traveled, the voyage never ends but is played out over and over again in the quietest chambers. The mind can never break off from the journey."
- Pat Conroy
Reflection
"Walking the streets of Charleston in the late afternoons of August was like walking through gauze or inhaling damaged silk."
- Pat Conroy
Reflection
"Love your family, work super hard, live your passion."
- Gary Vaynerchuk
Family
"Christmas is a time for family, for being together, for creating memories that last a lifetime."
Family
"The best gift of all is the gift of family."
Family
"At Christmas, all roads lead home."
- Marjorie Holmes
Family
"Family is what makes this season so special."
Family