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Augustus McCrae Quotes

18 of the best book quotes from Augustus McCrae
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“I take it back, Woodrow,” Augustus said. “I have no doubt you’ll miss me. You’ll probably die of boredom this winter and I’ll never get to Clara’s orchard
Augustus McCrae
Captain Woodrow F. Call
characters
death
loneliness
feeling bored
regret
concepts
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“I figured out why you and me get along so well. 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.”
Larry McMurtry
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Lonesome Dove
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“When Augustus came out on the porch the blue pigs were eating a rattlesnake—not a very big one.”
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“They were people of the horse, not of the town; in that they were more like the Comanches than Call would ever have admitted.”
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“Men who didn’t know how to get on and off a horse would not be much use around a cow outfit.”
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“‘Ride with an outlaw, die with him,’ [Gus] added. ‘I admit it’s a harsh code. But you rode on the other side long enough to know how it works. I’m sorry you crossed the line, though.‘”
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“Uva uvam vivendo varia fit.”
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“Talk’s the way to kill it. Anything gets boring if you talk about it enough, even death.”
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“It’s just that it’s fearsome for a man to have a woman start thinking right in front of him. It always leads to trouble.”
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“The older the violin, the sweeter the music.”
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“‘Well, Call, I guess they forgot us, like they forgot the Alamo,’ Augustus said. ‘Why wouldn’t they?’ Call asked. ‘We ain’t been around.’ ‘That ain’t the reason—the reason is we didn’t die.‘”
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“If you want one thing too much it’s likely to be a disappointment. The healthy way is to learn to like the everyday things, like soft beds and buttermilk—and feisty gentlemen.”
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″[Gus] felt such love for Lorie that even speaking her name caused him to feel weak sometimes.”
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“‘It ain’t dying I’m talking about, it’s living,’ Augustus said. ‘I doubt it matters where you die, but it matters where you live.‘”
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″‘I’m as American as the next,’ [Call] said, taking his hat and picking up his rifle. ‘You was born in Scotland,’ Augustus reminded him.”
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“I take it back, Woodrow,” Augustus said. “I have no doubt you’ll miss me. You’ll probably die of boredom this winter and I’ll never get to Clara’s orchard.
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“I want to be buried in Clara’s Orchard . . . Yes, that’s my favor to you. It’s the kind of job you was made for, that nobody else could do or even try . . .”
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“Call’s gone to round up a dern bunch of cowboys so we can head out for Montana with a dern bunch of cows and suffer for the rest of our lives.”

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