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Lonesome Dove (Lonesome Dove, #1)

by Larry McMurtry

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Karen’s Quotes

“...it was vital to be aware of actions in the present. Because the present became the past, and the past grew. And got up, and followed you.”
― Louise Penny, The Brutal Telling

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“..the four sentences that lead to wisdom. I'm sorry. I was wrong. I need help. I don't know.”
― Louise Penny, Bury Your Dead

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“Memories are so two-faced.
One minute they're hugging you like a long-lost friend, the next minute they're ripping you apart like your worst enemy.”
― Lesley Kagen, Tomorrow River

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“...while forgetting the past might condemn people to repeat it, remembering it too vividly condemned them to never leave.”
― Louise Penny, Bury Your Dead

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“The word “actually,” like its cousin “frankly,” should, by itself, be a tip-off to most people that what is to follow is a blatant lie— but it isn’t.”
― Alan Bradley, Speaking from Among the Bones

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