Larry McMurtry Men Quotations

True maturity is only reached when a man realizes he has become a father figure to his girlfriends' boyfriend - and he accepts it

If we know anything about man, it's that he's not pacific. The temptation to butcher anyone considered undesirable seems to be a common temptation, not always resisted.

A man that will go along with six killings is making his escape a little slow.

I hate rude behavior in a man,' he explained in his quiet, unassuming drawl. 'I won't tolerate it.' He politely tipped his hat, and rode away.

If I had a mind to rent pigs, I'd be mighty upset. A man that likes to rent pigs won't be stopped.

-she remembered them kindly, for there was a sweetness in boys that didn't last long, once they became men.

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

A man who wouldn't cheat for a poke don't want one bad enough. --Augustus "Gus" McCrae

He had known several men who blew their heads off, and he had pondered it much. It seemed to him it was probably because they could not take enough happiness just from the sky and the moon to carry them over the low feelings that came to all men.