381 Quotes by Larry McMurtry

I'm glad I've been wrong enough to keep in practice. . . You can't avoid it, you've got to learn to handle it. If you only come face to face with your own mistakes once or twice in your life it's bound to be extra painful. I face mine every day--that way they ain't usually much worse than a dry shave.

The reason men are so awful is because some woman has spoiled them.

-she remembered them kindly, for there was a sweetness in boys that didn't last long, once they became men.

You know Deets is like me - he's not one to quit on a garment just because it's got a little age - spoken by Augustus McCrae

The earth is mostly just a boneyard. But pretty in the sunlight.

... people are always turning out to be tougher than I think they are.

The older the violin, the sweeter the music.

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

Live through it," Call said. "That's all we can do.