“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 DoveSource: Lonesome Dove
“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 DoveSource: 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
“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).
“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).