Larry McMurtry: Likeness

Larry McMurtry is American novelist, essayist, bookseller and screenwriter. Explore interesting quotes on likeness.

Larry McMurtry: 52 quotes 0 likes

“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.”

Larry McMurtry Lonesome Dove

Source: Lonesome Dove

Disappointment , Way , Learning

“If I had a mind to rent pigs, I'd be mighty upset. A man that likes to rent pigs won't be stopped.”

Larry McMurtry Lonesome Dove

Source: Lonesome Dove

“But just let me tell you something, son, a woman's love is like the morning dew, it's just as apt to settle on a horse turd as it is on a rose. So you better just get over it.”

Larry McMurtry

Source: Leaving Cheyenne

Love , Horse

“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

Anything For Billy (1988).

Hope , Way

“A woman's love is like the morning dew. It's just as likely to settle on a horse turd as a rose.”

Larry McMurtry

Leaving Cheyenne (1963).

Love , Horse