381 Quotes by Larry McMurtry

He thought living in a place where there were eagles to watch might encourage some pretty good dreams.

When we finish up with this planet the insects will take over. You may not think it, seeing all this fair land, but the days of the human race are numbered. The insects are waiting their turn.

In the night Lorena tried to sort it out in her mind. She had been hungry so much, tired so much, scared so much, that her mind didn’t work well anymore. Sometimes she would try to remember something and couldn’t – it was as if her mind and memory had gone and hidden somewhere until things were better.

The Western notion of masculinity goes back a long way. It doesn’t allow for women, and it’s also racist – it doesn’t allow for other cultures.

I think we spent our best years fighting on the wrong side.

Is the girl all right?” “She’s had an ordeal but she’s young,” Augustus said. “She won’t forget it, but she might outlive it.

Now speech had left her; fear took its place.

That possibility alone made his quandary more difficult. His wife had left for parts unknown, his deputy was wandering in other parts unknown, and the man he was supposed to catch was in yet other parts unknown. In fact, July felt he had reached a point in his life where virtually nothing was known.

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