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

Larry McMurtry

#Life Quotes #Morning Quotes #Evening Quotes

“And when I got sick I felt confident that if it was the last thing I ever recorded before I left this earth, I would be really proud of it.”
“Looking after children can be a subtle way of giving up... They become the whole ones, the well ones, the postponement of happiness, the ones who won't drink too much, give up, get divorced, become mentally ill. The part of oneself that's fighting against decay and depression is transferred to guarding them from decay and depression. In the meantime one decays and gets depressed.”
“Compromise: An agreement between two men to do what both agree is wrong.”
“Love, unrequited, robs me of my rest: Love, hopeless love, my ardent soul encumbers: Love, nightmare-like, lies heavy on my chest, And weaves itself into my midnight slumbers!”
“Selfishness is weakness. But loving and caring for others is a position of power beyond anything we can possibly imagine.”
“Computer games don't affect kids; I mean if Pac-Man affected us as kids, we'd all be running around in darkened rooms, munching magic pills and listening to repetitive electronic music.”
“Libraries are community treasure chests, loaded with a wealth of information available to everyone equally, and the key to that treasure chest is the library card. I have found the most valuable thing in my wallet is my library card.”
“It is misleading to imagine that we are developed in spite of our circumstances, for we are developed because of them. It is mastery in circumstances that is needed, not mastery over them.”

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