"I did my best for you, son. I gave you all I had. More than anything I wanted to pass on to you the one heritage of the men of our family, a certain quality of spirit, a gaiety, a sense of duty, a nobility worn lightly, a sweetness, a gentleness with women—the only good things the South ever had and the only things that really matter in this life. Ah well. How did it happen that none of this ever meant anything to you?"
— (via frenchwelcome) Walker Percy, The Moviegoer. Of course.