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Dysfunction - The only consistent feature of all of your dissatisfying relationships is you.


Larry Kersten

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LARRY MCMURTRY You expect far too much of a first sentence. Think of it as analogous to a good country breakfast: w...
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LARRY MCMURTRY True maturity is only reached when a man realizes he has become a father figure to his girlfriends&#...
LARRY MCMURTRY No illusion is more crucial than the illusion that great success and huge money buy you immunity fro...
LARRY MCMURTRY Backward is just not a natural direction for Americans to look - historical ignorance remains a nati...
LARRY MCMURTRY A man that ain't willin' to cheat for a poke don't want it bad enough.
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