Death Quote by Larry McMurtry Download Open image “Death and worse happened on the plains.” — Larry McMurtry ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.2 out of 5 (4 ratings) Copy quoteShare Death Happened
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A cold wind blew on the prairie on the day the last buffalo fell. A death wind for my people. — Sitting Bull Copy Share Image
“In Conclusion, let us inquire what has been and what is to be the Meaning of the Great Plains in American Life” — Anonymous Copy Share Image
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The Native American side was tragic. It's just unbelievable what has happened to them. — Skeet Ulrich Copy Share Image
Mud and water and the stumps of trees. In every direction that was all there was. Bodies fell, but the trees died standing up. — Josh Ritter Copy Share Image
“if you repeat a temporary answer often enough, it acquires a degree of permanency.” — Larry McMurtry Copy Share Image
“The first difference Newt noticed about being grown up was that time didn't pass as slow.” — Larry McMurtry Copy Share Image
-she remembered them kindly, for there was a sweetness in boys that didn't last long, once they became men. — Larry McMurtry Copy Share Image
A man who wouldn't cheat for a poke don't want one bad enough. --Augustus "Gus" McCrae — Larry McMurtry Copy Share Image
“Ride with an outlaw, die with him," he added. "I admit it's a harsh code. But you rode on the other side long enough… — Larry McMurtry Copy Share Image
WHEN AUGUSTUS CAME OUT on the porch the blue pigs were eating a rattlesnake—not a very big one. It had probably just been crawling… — Larry McMurtry Copy Share Image
Books can accommodate the proximity of computers but it doesn't seem to work the other way around. Computers now literally drive out books from… — Larry McMurtry Copy Share Image
The reason men are so awful is because some woman has spoiled them. — Larry McMurtry Copy Share Image
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“. . . he had learned in his years of tracking Indians that things which seemed impossible often weren't. They only became so if… — Larry McMurtry Copy Share Image
Nobody run off with her,” Roscoe said. "She just run off with herself, I guess. — Larry McMurtry Copy Share Image
“He wondered how it was fair that your dying should depend so much on when you were born.” — Mitch Albom Copy Share Image
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Those whose life is long still strive for gain, and for all mortals all things take second place to money. — Sophocles Copy Share Image
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“Death is a reality that calls the rest of life and all of our assorted strivings into sharp relief.” — Craig D. Lounsbrough Copy Share Image
