381 Quotes by Larry McMurtry

The thought crossed 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.

Earlier in his life he had done many foolish things in order to convince himself that he was not worthless.

True maturity is only reached when a man realizes he has become a father figure to his girlfriends' boyfriends - and he accepts it.