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There was said to be measuring of penises at the Orchid, but was it true and if so what did mean?
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penises
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Afterwards the members of the little war party felt fine. Torturing whites was a splendid way to spend the afternoon.
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war-party
whites
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Ever since he was a little boy, he had always tried to make things sound better than they actually were.
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Trees had been so common that it was a shock to ride out on the plains and discover that there was a part of earth where there weren't any.
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She didn't know what to do with the severed leg. She had cut it off, but she didn't want to touch it or even look at it.
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He had not stayed, but when he had gone, he hadn't fought, either. He had done nothing but ride twice over the same stretch of prairie, while death had come to both camps.
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She sighed. Men were a pain.
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She wasn't going to succeed in newspapers if she didn't ask the big questions when she could.
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newspapers
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Could any woman live every day with that level of masculinity?
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woman
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He decided not to shoot the tall stranger, mainly because he admired his soft felt hat.
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shoot
tall-stranger
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But the English are different, and they don't know how to be other than different.
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english
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They probably think the sun won't come up unless you're there to allow it.
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Pea Eye loped up and unfolded himself in the direction of the ground. "Your getting off a horse reminds me of an old crane landing in a mud puddle," Augustus said."
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Augustus said. "You can't have this leg, and if you're thinking of overpowering me you have to calculate on losing about half the town. I can shoot straight when I'm drunk, too." "I only want to save your life," Dr. Mobley said, taking a drink from the first bottle before pouring Augustus a glassful. "It's my worry, mainly," Augustus said. "You stated your case, but the jury went against you. Jury of one. Did you pay the whore?" "I did," Dr..
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It doesn't do to sacrifice for people unless they want you to.
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sacrifice
sacrifice-for-others
important-things
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I don't believe in protein," I said. "I think it's a myth, like vitamins. I don't believe in nutrition, in fact. I think it's all a myth."
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You probably drink too much. If you hand me that bottle, I'll reduce your temptations. --Augustus "Gus" McCrae"
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I was just doodling at the typewriter,
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Larry McMurtry |
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A good title can save a book,
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I suppose she's just dying of living--that's the one infection that strikes us all down, sooner or later.
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Certain mountains were that way, like the Bighorns. The air around them was so clear you could ride toward them for days without seeming to get any closer. And yet, if you kept riding, you would get to the mountains. He was not so sure he would ever get to Lorie.
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He had ridden his horse into the saloon on a dare from a whore - his practice was always to accept dares; it spiced life up a little.
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horse
saloon
spice-of-life
whore
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Henpecked, the great Wyatt Earp," Cody said. "You evidently don't know Jessie," Wyatt said. "If she's in one of her tempers she'd put a hyena to flight ..."
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hyena
temper
wyatt-earp
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You can scare off a lot of cowboys just by looking mean, I guess.
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Larry McMurtry |
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Don't be reviling yourself. None of us is such fine judges of what to do.
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Billy the Kid shooting all those people over in New Mexico has made gunfighting real popular with the public.
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gunfighting
new-mexico
public
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I don't eat the white of eggs if I can help it," Jasper said. "I hear it causes blindness."
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He was fairly drunk, and feeling melancholy about all the sinking he had done in the world. Throughout the rough years the Greek alphabet had leaked out of his mind a letter at a time--in fact, the candle of knowledge he had set out with had burned down to a sorry stub.
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Larry McMurtry |
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was necessary to ignore most of those Gus made or else you got bogged down in useless conversation.
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Larry McMurtry |
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It's my fault for not shooting the son of a bitch while he was drinking. I didn't know who he was at the time, but I should have shot him on suspicion. And then I plumb forgot about it all day. I'm getting too foolish to live.
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Larry McMurtry |
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He gathers information that we can't see, and puts it together.
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Larry McMurtry |
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Perhaps, he thought, as he turned back, that was what Augustus wanted: just to be free for a few days, just to saddle his horse and ride.
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Larry McMurtry |
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During the day he had not trusted enough, and had worn himself out with pointless scurryings.
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They sorry," Deets said. "Saying won't change it. He's gone, don't worry about him. He's gone to the peaceful place." He put his hand"
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Famous Shoes knew the young ranger was scared. Nothing was easier to detect in a man than fear. It showed even in the way he fumbled with his cup while drinking coffee; and it was normal that he would be afraid. He didn't know where he was,
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Larry McMurtry |
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It was a quiet day in Tombstone.
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Larry McMurtry |
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The journeys that people took had always interested him; his own life was a constant journeying, though not quite so constant as it had been before he had his wives and children. Usually he only agreed to scout for the Texans if they were going in a direction he wanted to go himself, in order to see a particular hill or stream, to visit a relative or friend, or just to search for a bird or animal he wanted to observe. Also, he often went ba..
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was not old enough to understand the need to go back to a place where things were simple. He had no happiness in his face, the young ranger; perhaps he had never had a place where things were simple, a place he could think about when he needed to remember happiness. Perhaps the young ranger had been unlucky--he might have no good place or good time to remember.
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Larry McMurtry |
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You know more than you say and I say more than I know. That means we're a perfect match, as long as we don't hang around one another more than an hour at a stretch.
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Larry McMurtry |
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It was often that way with women, it seemed. One minute Lorie would be drilling holes in him with her eyes, and the next minute she and Clarie would be combing one another's hair and singing tunes.
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Larry McMurtry |
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When the lightning struck, the whole prairie would be bathed for a second in white light.
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Larry McMurtry |
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Of course she teased the girls, but it was not the same as having a grown man to work on--she had often felt like pinching Bob for being so stolid. July was no better--in fact, he and Bob were cut from the same mold, a strong but unimaginative mold.
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Larry McMurtry |
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That possibility alone made his quandary more difficult. His wife had left for parts unknown, his deputy was wandering in other parts unknown, and the man he was supposed to catch was in yet other parts unknown. In fact, July felt he had reached a point in his life where virtually nothing was known.
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Larry McMurtry |
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I'll pass on snow myself, when I have the option.
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