I was a watchful boy being raised by a father I didn’t admire. In a desperate way, I needed the guidance of someone who could show me another way of becoming a man. It was sometime during the year when I decided I would become the kind of man that Bill Dufford was born to be. I wanted to be the type of man that a whole town could respect and honor and fall in love with–the way Beaufort did when Bill Dufford came to town to teach and shape and turn its children into the best citizens they could be. . Pat Conroy
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  2. I’ve never had anyone’s approval, so I’ve learned to live without it.
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