Lonesome Dove
Larry McMurtry
Top 10 Best Quotes
“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.”
“It ain’t dying I’m talking about, it’s living. I doubt it matters where you die, but it matters where you live.” ~spoken by Augustus McCrae”
“Yesterday's gone on down the river and you can't get it back.”
“The older the violin, the sweeter the music.”
“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.”
“It's a fine world, though rich in hardships at times.”
“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.”
“It's like I told you last night son. The earth is mostly just a boneyard. But pretty in the sunlight, he added”
“The hardest thing on earth is choosing what matters”
“Live through it," Call said. "That's all we can do.”
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