Books can accommodate the ...

Books can accommodate the proximity of computers but it doesn't seem to work the other way around. Computers now literally drive out books from the place that should, by definition, be books' own home: the library.
 Larry McMurtry

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If a warrior lacked wisdom, courage alone would not keep him alive for long.
 Larry McMurtry
It's really quite simple. Mr. Isinglass robbed my father, destroyed my mother, exiled my brothers, and ruined me. If I catch him asleep I'll kill him. I do hope you like this pudding. I had to ride quite a way to find the plums.
 Larry McMurtry
Though loyal and able and brave, Pea had never displayed the slightest ability to learn from his experience, though his experience was considerable. Time and again he would walk up on the wrong side of a horse that was known to kick, and then look surprised when he got kicked.
 Larry McMurtry
Members of the Academy are mostly urban people. We are an urban nation. We are not a rural nation. It's not easy even to get a rural story made.
 Larry McMurtry
True maturity is only reached when a man realizes he has become a father figure to his girlfriends' boyfriend - and he accepts it
 Larry McMurtry