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It's a fine world, though rich in hardships at times.

Larry McMurtry

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Larry McMurtry
Age: 84 †
Born: 1936
Born: June 3
Died: 2021
Died: March 25
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Archer City
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Larry Jeff McMurtry
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I think its a sickness to grieve too much for those who never cared a fig for you.
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Through my college years, topping that ridge had always given me a great sense of being home, but time had diminished the emotion and I had begun to suspect that home was less a place than an empty page.
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The reason men are so awful is because some woman has spoiled them.
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