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Novelist

American novelist known for his profound portrayal of life in the American Southwest. His works, including 'Lolita' and 'The Lonesome Dove', have won numerous Pulitzer Prizes.

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Famous Larry McMurtry Quotes

“I have managed to love all sorts of beautiful women: tall ones and short ones, dumb ones and smart ones, loyal Penelopes and faithless sluts.”

Love Women Beauty

Book:Somebody's Darling

Source: Somebody's Darling

“You should marry me", he said. "I will be good to you. I am not like these men. I have manners. You would see how kind I would be. I would never leave you. You could have an easy life.”

Men Love Kind Promise Good Manners Sincere Like Easy Life Marry Few Good Men Never Leave Not Like The Others

Book:Lonesome Dove

Source: Lonesome Dove

“It doesn't do to sacrifice for people unless they want you to.”

Love Sacrifice Sacrifice For Others

Book:Lonesome Dove

Source: Lonesome Dove

“At times he felt that he had almost rather not be in love with her, for it brought him no peace. What was the use of it, if it was only going to be painful?”

Love Use Felt Painful Confused What If Disappointed Feeling In Love Her Times No Peace Not Rather

Book:Lonesome Dove

Source: Lonesome Dove

“Once started, love couldn't easily be stopped.”

Love Thought Not Easy Thought To Ponder Could Not Stop

Book:Lonesome Dove

Source: Lonesome Dove

“The years would pass like weeks, and loves would pass too, or else grow sour.”

Love Years Thought Like Passed Thought To Ponder

Book:Lonesome Dove

Source: Lonesome Dove

“The fact that these young women, with their trim ankles, high cheekbones, good educations, bright eyes, little bosoms, and expensive clothes, keep coming to my bungalow and often to my bed, despite the fact that I'm old, fat, often drunk, beneath them on the social scale, and in love with a dead woman, only increases Jill's impatience with her own sex. Their foolishness drives her up the wall, and my willingness to assist them in their obvious folly is a constant bone of contention between us.”

Love Age Sex Young And Old

Book:Somebody's Darling

Source: Somebody's Darling

“Of all the women he knew, she had meant the most; and was the one person in his life he felt he had missed, in some ways.”

Love Life Feelings Felt Women Only Love Missed One Person He Knew His Life Love Of His Life Meant The Most

Book:Lonesome Dove

Source: Lonesome Dove

“He loved the way she smelled in the mornings; he liked to sniff at her shoulders or her throat.”

Love Like Her Mornings Liked Her Smell Smelled

Book:Lonesome Dove

Source: Lonesome Dove

About the Author

Born: June 3, 1936
Known for: Novelist
Quotes: 125

Books & Sources

Lonesome DoveRelated source material

Lonesome Dove: A NovelRelated source material

The Last Kind Words SaloonRelated source material

Somebody's DarlingRelated source material

Some Can WhistleRelated source material

Oh What a Slaughter: Massacres in the American West: 1846--1890Related source material

Books: A MemoirRelated source material

In a Narrow Grave: Essays on TexasRelated source material

The Last Picture ShowRelated source material

The Lonesome Dove SeriesRelated source material

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