“Walking the streets of Charleston in the late afternoons of August was like walking through gauze or inhaling damaged silk.”

—  Pat Conroy

Last update June 3, 2021. History

Help us to complete the source, original and additional information

Do you have more details about the quote "Walking the streets of Charleston in the late afternoons of August was like walking through gauze or inhaling damaged s…" by Pat Conroy?
Pat Conroy photo
Pat Conroy85
American novelist 1945–2016

Related quotes

Saul Williams photo

“i am like a survivor
of the flood
walking through the streets
drenched with
God
surprised that all of the
drowned victims
are still walking and talking”

Saul Williams (1972) American singer, musician, poet, writer, and actor

Source: , said the shotgun to the head.

W.B. Yeats photo

“This melancholy London. I sometimes imagine that the souls of the lost are compelled to walk through its streets perpetually. One feels them passing like a whiff of air.”

W.B. Yeats (1865–1939) Irish poet and playwright

Letter to Katharine Tynan (25 August 1888)

“They will steal the very teeth out of your mouth as you walk through the streets – I know it from experience.”

William Arabin (1773–1841)

Ibid, referring to the residents of Uxbridge.

Sanjaya Malakar photo

“I like singing in the street, so if you saw a little Indian kid walking on the street singing loudly, that was probably me.”

Sanjaya Malakar (1989) American reality television personality

Asked in an interview what he does in his spare time. http://www.azcentral.com/ent/tv/articles/0419SanjayaSpeaks0419.html

“An Oxford man walks down the street and thinks that he owns it, a Cambridge man walks down the street and doesn't give a toss who owns it.”

Christopher Wood (writer) (1935–2015) English writer

Wood, Christopher. James Bond, The Spy I Loved. Twenty First Century Publishers Ltd, 2006, pg. 58-59.

Elizabeth Gilbert photo

“I crossed the street to walk in the sunshine.”

Elizabeth Gilbert book Eat, Pray, Love

Source: Eat, Pray, Love

Psy photo

“I'm still walking down the street like, 'Why I'm here? Why I'm here?”

Psy (1977) South Korean singer

Ibid.
Context: I'm still walking down the street like, 'Why I'm here? Why I'm here?' You know, I've done this 12 years in Korea, and I'm rookie here now. I never expect I would become a K-pop star.

E.E. Cummings photo

“in the street of the sky night walks scattering poems”

E.E. Cummings (1894–1962) American poet

Source: Selected Poems

Richelle Mead photo

“He's hot like, the kind of hot that makes you stop walking on the street and get hit by traffic.”

Richelle Mead book Frostbite

Source: Frostbite

Related topics