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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

“Why tell women the truth, anyway? No need to add to their advantages.”

Truth Women Lies Lie

Book:Somebody's Darling

Source: Somebody's Darling

“It was something, what must go through men's mind where women were concerned, to cause them to behave so strangely.”

Men Mind Women Strange Concerned Behave Behaviour Something Mens Mind Strange Behaviour

Book:Lonesome Dove

Source: Lonesome Dove

“It was a weakness, but he could not bear to disappoint women, even if it was ultimately for their own good.”

Women Weakness Woman Disappoint Bear Own Good Could Not Bear For Good

Book:Lonesome Dove

Source: Lonesome Dove

“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

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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