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I was trying to unravel the complicated trigonometry of the radical thought that silence could make up the greatest lie ever told.

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I was the only person in the world who thought it was a military duty to appear to be in a good mood.

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Looking around, I thought the human species was in fine shape and tried to think of something more beautiful than women and couldn't come up with a thing. The propagation of the species was a dance of total joy.

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I prayed hard and only gradually became aware that this fierce praying was a way of finding prologue and entrance into my own writing. This came as both astonishment and relief. When I thought God had abandoned me, I discovered that He had simply given me a different voice to praise the inexhaustible beauty of the made world.

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Know this. I think you could be special if you only thought there was anything special about yourself.

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My mother thought of my father as half barbarian and half blunt instrument, and she isolated him from his children.

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She thought she brought a gift of compassion for those exhausted souls who had not received a chest portion from the people who raised them. If compassion and therapy did not work, she could always send her patients to the local pharmacy for drugs.

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Look in the mirror. The face that pins you with its double gaze reveals a chastening secret. You are looking into a predator's eyes. Most predators have eyes set right on the front of their heads, so they can use binocular vision to sight and track their prey.
Diane Ackerman

Pat Conroy

Pat Conroy

Born: October 26, 1945
Died: March 4, 2016 (aged 70)
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