Larry McMurtry quotes

It's really quite simple. Mr. Isinglass robbed my father, destroyed my mother, exiled my brothers, and ruined me. If I catch him asleep I'll kill him. I do hope you like this pudding. I had to ride quite a way to find the plums. (Larry McMurtry)
A woman's love is like the morning dew. It's just as likely to settle on a horse turd as a rose. View quote
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I'm sure partial to the evening,' Augustus said. 'The evening and the morning. If we just didn't have to have the rest of the dern day I'd be a lot happier. View quote
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It's a fine world, though rich in hardships at times. View quote
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Live through it," Call said. "That's all we can do. View quote
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If I had a mind to rent pigs, I'd be mighty upset. A man that likes to rent pigs won't be stopped. View quote
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Anyway, whacking a surly bartender ain't much of a crime. View quote
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Maybe you can make art out of unredeemed pain, but only if you're a genius -- Dostoyevsky perhaps. View quote
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If you wait, all that happens is that you get older. View quote
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Backward is just not a natural direction for Americans to look - historical ignorance remains a national characteristic. View quote
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Only a rank degenerate would drive 1,500 miles across Texas without eating a chicken fried steak. (Larry McMurtry)
Yesterday's gone on down the river and you can't get it back. View quote
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Incompetents invariably make trouble for people other than themselves. View quote
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If you want one thing too much it's likely to be a disappointment. The healthy way is to learn to like the everyday things, like soft beds and buttermilk-and feisty gentlemen. View quote
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The earth is mostly just a boneyard. But pretty in the sunlight. View quote
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No illusion is more crucial than the illusion that great success and huge money buy you immunity from the common ills of mankind, such as cars that won't start. View quote
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From him to the stars, in all directions, there was only silence and emptiness. View quote
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The reason men are so awful is because some woman has spoiled them. View quote
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We choose our lovers for their flaws, you know," Mel said. "People would be bored shitless if they had to love only the good in someone they care about. View quote
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It ain't dying I'm talking about, it's living. I doubt it matters where you die, but it matters where you live.” ~spoken by Augustus McCrae. View quote
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The older the violin, the sweeter the music. (Larry McMurtry)
I never met a soul in this world as normal as me. View quote
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He had known several men who blew their heads off, and he had pondered it much. It seemed to him it was probably because they could not take enough happiness just from the sky and the moon to carry them over the low feelings that came to all men. View quote
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I think its a sickness to grieve too much for those who never cared a fig for you. View quote
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Nobody run off with her,” Roscoe said. "She just run off with herself, I guess. View quote
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