Larry McMurtry Quotes

Little by little, the look of the land changes by the men we admire.

Buffalo Hump knew his son was brave, but that was not enough. If a warrior lacked wisdom, courage alone would not keep him alive for long.

But, if one cuts more deeply, the lonesome dove is Newt, a lonely teenager who is the unacknowledged son of Captain Call and a kindly whore named Maggie, who is now dead. So the central theme of the novel is not the stocking of Montana but unacknowledged paternity. All of the Hat Creek Outfit, including particularly Augustus McCrae, want Call to accept the boy as his son.

You probably drink too much. If you hand me that bottle, I'll reduce your temptations. --Augustus "Gus" McCrae

Getting up early and feeling awake was the one skill he had never truly perfected - he got up, of course, but it never felt natural.

Once started, love couldn't easily be stopped.

Could any woman live every day with that level of masculinity?

It's just that it's fearsome for a man to have a woman start thinking right in front of him. It always leads to trouble.