It seemed to him there was never much time with women. Before you could look at one twice, you were into an argument, and they were telling you what was going to happen.

— Larry McMurtry

It's funny, leaving a place, ain't it?" he said. "You never do know when you'll get back.

— Larry McMurtry

It's happiness to see you.

— Larry McMurtry

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.

— Larry McMurtry

It was a weakness, but he could not bear to disappoint women, even if it was ultimately for their own good.

— Larry McMurtry

It was something he had always done - moved apart, so he could be alone and think things or a little.

— Larry McMurtry

It was something, what must go through men's mind where women were concerned, to cause them to behave so strangely.

— Larry McMurtry

I won't tolerate vanity in a man, though I will in a woman.

— Larry McMurtry

Jake, you’re a Dean grasshopper,” Augustus said. “You ride in yesterday talking Montana, and today you’re talking California.

— Larry McMurtry

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

— Larry McMurtry