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Walker Percy was an American novelist and essayist, acclaimed for exploring themes of existentialism and the human condition. His works, such as "The Moviegoer," probe questions of identity, faith, and alienation in modern society. He influenced generations of readers and writers with his philosophical approach to literature. Here are 54 of his quotes:

He thought he was a good poet but he was not. He thought books could tell him how to live but they couldn't. He was a serious but dazed reader. He read Dante and Shakespeare and Nietzsche and Freud. He read modern poetry and books on psychiatry. He had taken a degree in English, couldn't, decided to farm, bought a goat farm, managed a Confederate museum in a cave on his property, wrote poetry, went broke, became a golf pro. (Walker Percy)
Why it is that of all the billions and billions of strange objects in the Cosmos - novas, quasars, pulsars, black holes - you are beyond doubt the strangest ... View quote
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Losing hope is not so bad. There's something worse: losing hope and hiding it from yourself. View quote
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Why did God make woman so beautiful and man with such a loving heart? View quote
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Walker Percy

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Occupation: American Writer
Born: May 28, 1916
Died: May 10, 1990
Quotes count: 54
Wikipedia: Walker Percy

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