Larry McMurtry

Writer

1936-06-03

Books by Larry McMurtry

Lonesome Dove
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The Last Picture Show
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Streets of Laredo
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Quotes by Larry McMurtry

It is sometimes the minor, not the major, characters in a novel who hold the author's affection longest. It may be that one loses affection for the major characters because they suck off so much energy as one pushes them through their lives.
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It was something, what must go through men's mind where women were concerned, to cause them to behave so strangely.
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The thought cross his mind that he ought to have married her and not gone rambling. If he had, he wouldn't be in such a fix. But he felt little fear; just an overpowering fatigue. Life had slipped out of line. It was unfair, it was too bad, but he couldn't find the energy to fight it any longer.
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I sing about life. I am happy, but life is sad.
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They probably think the sun won't come up unless you're there to allow it.
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Great readers (are) those who know early that there is never going to be time to read all there is to read, but do their darnedest anyway.
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The thought cross his mind that he ought to have married her and not gone rambling. If he had, he wouldn't be in such a fix. But he felt little fear; just an overpowering fatigue. Life had slipped out of line. It was unfair, it was too bad, but he couldn't find the energy to fight it any longer.
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They probably think the sun won't come up unless you're there to allow it.
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It is sometimes the minor, not the major, characters in a novel who hold the author's affection longest. It may be that one loses affection for the major characters because they suck off so much energy as one pushes them through their lives.
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Great readers (are) those who know early that there is never going to be time to read all there is to read, but do their darnedest anyway.
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It was something, what must go through men's mind where women were concerned, to cause them to behave so strangely.
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I sing about life. I am happy, but life is sad.
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... people are always turning out to be tougher than I think they are.
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Romance might not last, but it was something while it did.
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They say money kinda melts when you take it across a border.
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