Larry McMurtry - Augustus Quotes

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

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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 around looking for shade when it ran into the pigs. They were having a fine tug-of-war with it, and its rattling days were over.

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By the time the shade had reached the river, Augustus would have mellowed with the evening and be ready for some intelligent conversation, which usually involved talking to himself.

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I'm sure partial to the evening,' Augustus said. 'The evening and the morning. If we just didn't have to have the rest of the dern day I'd be a lot happier.

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You know Deets is like me - he's not one to quit on a garment just because it's got a little age - spoken by Augustus McCrae

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