Larry McMurtry Quotes

• Si esperas, lo único que ocurre es que envejeces.

  Larry McMurtry

  Life, Waiting, Motorcycle

  Larry McMurtry (1989). “Some Can Whistle: A Novel”, Simon & Schuster

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• Uva uvum vivendo varia fit

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  Ajuste

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• A woman's love is like the morning dew. It's just as likely to settle on a horse turd as a rose.

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  Morning, Horse, Love Is

  "Leaving Cheyenne". Book by Larry McMurtry, 1963.

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• Sólo un degenerado conduciría 1.500 millas a través de Texas sin comer un filete de pollo frito.

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  Texas, Degenerates, Eating

  Larry McMurtry (1983). “In a Narrow Grave: Essays on Texas”

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• Backward is just not a natural direction for Americans to look - historical ignorance remains a national characteristic.

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  Ignorance, Historical, Looks

  Larry McMurtry (2010). “Oh What a Slaughter: Massacres in the American West: 1846--1890”, p.40, Simon and Schuster

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• Writing is a form of herding. I herd words into little paragraph-like clusters.

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  Writing, Littles, Herds

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• People would be bored shitless if they had to love only the good in someone they care about.

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  People, Bored, Would Be

  Larry McMurtry (2010). “The Late Child: A Novel”, p.54, Simon and Schuster

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• It's a fine world, though rich in hardships at times.

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  Hardship, World, Rich

  Larry McMurtry (2010). “Lonesome Dove: A Novel”, p.793, Simon and Schuster

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• Espera demasiado de una primera frase. Considérela análoga a un buen desayuno campestre: lo que queremos es algo sencillo, pero que alimente la imaginación. Basta de filosofía, basta de adjetivos, basta con un sujeto y un verbo sencillos y tal vez uno o dos adverbios sanos que no engorden.

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  Country, Philosophy, Simple

  Larry McMurtry (2010). “Some Can Whistle”, p.6, Simon and Schuster

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• Mystery is underrated, and understanding is overrated.

  Larry McMurtry

  Understanding, Mystery, Overrated

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• Yesterday's gone on down the river and you can't get it back.

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  Rivers, Yesterday, Gone

  Larry McMurtry (2010). “Lonesome Dove: A Novel”, p.463, Simon and Schuster

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• For the past several centuries the bonding power of the family dinner table has been one of the few constants, and now it's binding no more. The potency of the media is now stronger than that of the family. The wonder is that families still exist at all, since the forces of modern life mainly all pull people away from a family centered way of life.

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  Past, Media, People

  Larry McMurtry (2010). “Walter Benjamin at the Dairy Queen: Reflections on Sixty and Beyond”, p.109, Simon and Schuster

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• Evidentemente, el arte supera a la vida en la edición. La vida adolece de una drástica falta de edición. Se detiene demasiado rápido o se alarga demasiado. Peor aún, su ritmo es errático. Algunos capítulos no pasan de unas pocas frases, mientras que otros se alargan hasta convertirse en volúmenes. La vida, con todo su talento, tiene poco sentido de la estructura. Crea texturas asombrosas, pero tampoco se puede contar con ella para comienzos ágiles o buenos finales. De hecho, en muchos casos no hay final.

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  Life, Art, Editing

  Larry McMurtry (2010). “Film Flam: Essays on Hollywood”, p.98, Simon and Schuster

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• Incompetents invariably make trouble for people other than themselves.

  Larry McMurtry

  People, Intelligence, Trouble

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• I'm glad I've been wrong enough to keep in practice. . . You can't avoid it, you've got to learn to handle it. If you only come face to face with your own mistakes once or twice in your life it's bound to be extra painful. I face mine every day--that way they ain't usually much worse than a dry shave.

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  Mistake, Practice, Dry

  Larry McMurtry (2010). “Lonesome Dove: A Novel”, p.633, Simon and Schuster

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• A bookman’s love of books is a love of books, not merely of the information in them.

  Larry McMurtry

  Book, Information

  Larry McMurtry (2008). “Books: A Memoir”, p.38, Simon and Schuster

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• Nothing good ever comes without a price.

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• If you want one thing too much it’s likely to be a disappointment. The healthy way is to learn to like the everyday things, like soft beds and buttermilk—and feisty gentlemen.

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  Disappointment, Everyday Things, Healthy

  Larry McMurtry (2010). “Lonesome Dove: A Novel”, p.351, Simon and Schuster

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• The earth is mostly just a boneyard. But pretty in the sunlight.

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  Earth, Sunlight

  Larry McMurtry (2010). “Lonesome Dove: A Novel”, p.573, Simon and Schuster

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• Part of the trick of being happy is a refusal to allow oneself to become too nostalgic for the heady triumphs of one's youth.

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  Contentment, Triumph, Youth

  Larry McMurtry (2000). “Roads: Driving America's Great Highways”

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• If a warrior lacked wisdom, courage alone would not keep him alive for long.

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  Warrior, Long, Alive

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• The tradition I was born into was essentially nomadic, a herdsmen tradition, following animals across the earth. The bookshops are a form of ranching; instead of herding cattle, I herd books. Writing is a form of herding, too; I herd words into little paragraph-like clusters.

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  Libro, Escritura, Animal

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• No hay ilusión más crucial que la ilusión de que el gran éxito y el enorme dinero te compran inmunidad frente a los males comunes de la humanidad, como los coches que no arrancan.

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  Money, Car, Self Improvement

  Larry McMurtry (2010). “Some Can Whistle”, p.27, Simon and Schuster

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• The reason men are so awful is because some woman has spoiled them.

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  Men, Awful, Reason

  Larry McMurtry (2010). “The Lonesome Dove Series”, p.2958, Simon and Schuster

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• I'm sure partial to the evening,' Augustus said. 'The evening and the morning. If we just didn't have to have the rest of the dern day I'd be a lot happier.

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  Life, Morning, Evening

  Larry McMurtry (2010). “Lonesome Dove: A Novel”, p.186, Simon and Schuster

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