The English language on her tongue became a smoke-screen, without her eyes changing expression in the least.
Pat ConroyThe water was pure and cold and came out of the Apennines tasting like snow melted in the hands of a pretty girl.
Pat ConroyThese are the quicksilver moments of my childhood I cannot remember entirely. Irresistible and emblematic, I can recall them only in fragments and shivers of the heart.
Pat ConroyWilliam Ferris has long reigned as the unimpeachable source of the entire southern experience. His work on southern folklore and the composition of the Encyclopedia of Southern Culture have made him both legendary and necessary. His book, The Storied South , is a love song to the South Bill helped illuminate. It's a crowning achievement of his own storied career.
Pat Conroy