Quote by Jack Kerouac

“Texas was ungodly hot. Like the circles of hell kind of hot.”

— J. Lynn

“Then a man onstage quoted Sam Houston, saying, “Texas can make it without the United States, BUT THE UNITED STATES CANNOT MAKE IT WITHOUT…

— Jenny Lawson

“Poor New Mexico! So far from Heaven; so close to Texas.”

— Manuel Armijo

“Next time I tell you someone from Texas should not be president of the United States, please pay attention." [ Shrub Flubs His Dub…

— Molly Ivins

“The American Dream isn’t dead, but it seems to have developed a Texas accent.”

— Mark Davis

“I have said that Texas is a state of mind, but I think it is more than that. It is a mystique closely approximating…

— John Steinbeck

“New Mexico, New Jersey, New Hampshire; there isn't a New Texas because we got it right the first time." -Donna Irwin”

— Donna Irwin

“Dr. Tom had said that Texas was the only place he had ever found that, when it killed you, it didn't forget about you.”

— Kathleen Kent

“I thought about what my mom always said about this part of Texas, “Oh Godforsaken land. I don’t know why anybody would want to…

— Scott McClanahan

Texas has arguably the most extreme separation between the well off and everyday people in the United States.

— Don Baylor

“Now we were on the great Texas plain and, as Dean said, "You drive and drive and you're still in Texas tomorrow night.”

— Jack Kerouac

Sometimes I think Texas exists as a reality check for those who might wander too far toward the precious.

— Molly Ivins