Carolina Quotes
The children of warriors in our country learn the grace and caution that come from a permanent sense of estrangement. I grew up in twenty versions of the South and was part of none of them.
Pat Conroy Carolinian
Source
Address to the American Booksellers Association convention, 1985
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- speech
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- Address to the American Booksellers Association
- year
- 1985
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“The children of warriors in our country learn the grace and …” Pat Conroy. Carolina Quotes, record CQ-AD2B994D85. https://carolinaquotes.com/quote/ad2b994d85
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