Quote by Larry McMurtry
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True maturity is only reached when a man realizes he has become a father figure to his girlfriends boyfriends — and he accepts it. – Larry Mcmurtry

Other quotes by Larry McMurtry

You expect far too much of a first sentence. Think of it as analogous to a good country breakfast: what we want is something simple, but nourishing to the imagination. – Larry McMurtry

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Imagination
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No illusion is more crucial than the illusion that great success and huge money buy you immunity from the common ills of mankind, such as cars that wont start. – Larry McMurtry

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car
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Maturity is often more absurd than youth and very frequently is most unjust to youth. – Thomas Alva Edison

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Only the middle-aged have all their five senses in the keeping of their wits. – Hervey Allen

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When the apple is ripe it will fall. – Proverb

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In my case, adulthood itself was not an advance, although it was a useful waymark. – Nicholson Baker

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