He sat where he was, on Mouse, in the grip of terrible indecision. He almost wished something would happen-a sudden attack of Mexicans or something. He might be killed, but at least he wouldn't have to make a choice between disobeying Mr. Gus and disobeying Lorena.
("Lonesome Dove")
More Quotes from Larry McMurtry:
Members of the Academy are mostly urban people. We are an urban nation. We are not a rural nation. It's not easy even to get a rural story made.Larry McMurtry
By the time the shade had reached the river, Augustus would have mellowed with the evening and be ready for some intelligent conversation, which usually involved talking to himself.
Larry McMurtry
The lives of happy people are dense with their own doings -- crowded, active, thick. . . . But the sorrowing are nomads, on a plain with few landmarks and no boundaries sorrow's horizons are vague and its demands are few.
Larry Mcmurtry
If you wait, all that happens is you get older.
Larry Mcmurtry
I never met a soul in this world as normal as me.
Larry McMurtry
Dern, I hate cooking with shit. -- Augustus McCrae to Lorena Wood
Larry McMurtry
Readers Who Like This Quotation Also Like:
Based on Keywords: disobeying, happen-a, lorenaThey say that every snowflake is different. If that were true, how could the world go on? How could we ever get up off our knees? How could we ever recover from the wonder of it?
Jeanette Winterson
I will commit myself to making this state an even greater place to live, work and raise a family. I intend to reach out from border to border to hear first-hand from our citizens about their thoughts, concerns and ideas for our state.
Dave Heineman