Texas Quotes

“She'd been hired to protect him. But he'd come to a place where he'd do anything, give anything, risk anything to protect her.”
― Becky Wade, Her One and Only

“When a lady accessorizes in here in Texas, she's selecting caliber, not color.”
― Ron Brackin

“What do the Texans say? All hat, no cattle.”
― Alexander McCall Smith, The Revolving Door of Life

“Some ties were hard to break, harder to severe, devastating to forget.”
― V. Theia, Preacher Man

“I should move away from his touch. But he’s a constant storm in my life, clouding my head, ensuring I make bad decisions. He doesn’t do it on purpose, he knows we’re not good for each other, but there’s something about us that makes us fight back harder, thinking we can overcome it.”
― Brittany Butler, Hazed

“How erotic Texas must be!” she said.
I was sure she had meant “exotic,” but I followed through: “Maybe, if you find cactus and deserts erotic, sensual.”
― John Rechy, After the Blue Hour

“So much of how we see the world is the matter of interpretation. A matter of wishing and hoping rather than really deep-down believing.”
― Emily Giffin, The One & Only

“The enemy has demanded a surrender at discretion otherwise the garrison are to be put to the sword if the fort is taken. I have answered the demand with a cannon shot, and our flag still waves proudly from the walls. I shall never surrender nor retreat.”
― William Travis, at the Alamo

“Texas…was evidently the only place in the known universe, including Louisiana, that actually got hotter after the sun went down.”
― Kathleen Kent, The Dime

“Big Bend National Park is intensely wild and extraordinarily beautiful – tucked away at the end of a couple of roads in southwest Texas.”
― Stefanie Payne, A Year in the National Parks: The Greatest American Road Trip

“Let us have Texas, the Empire State, governed by the people; not Texas, the truck-patch, ruled by corporate lobbyists.”
― James Stephen Hogg, Speeches and State Papers of James Stephen Hogg, Ex-Governor of Texas: With a Sketch of His Life

“I realize we could physically fit everybody there (Texas)... that doesn't mean they could all be fed, and clothed, and given iPhones”
― Dane Wigington

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“I bought the wrong face soap. Why? Because it says smooth face cleanser on it. I put it on my face and I'm fairly certain it's lotion. I also bought something that says "Body soufflé." What is that? Is it a lotion? Is it shower gel? Am I supposed to eat it?”
― Heather Jonasson, Life In the Land Of the Ice and Snow: Essays, Observations, and Lies

“I’m never touching her again,” Austin swore.
“You’ll touch her,” his brothers said in unison.”
― Lorraine Heath, Texas Splendor

“Probabilmente no, quindi ti lascio con un piccolo consiglio, dato che conosci tanto bene le carte. La vita è come loro. Vincere non consiste nell’avere una buona mano, ma nel giocarne bene una mediocre.”
― Lorraine Heath, Never Love a Cowboy

“Ante los desastres naturales y las incongruencias humanas no es que lo divino brille por su ausencia o que lo diabólico brille con luz propia, porque tanto lo divino como lo diabólico son más humanos o naturales de lo que creemos.”
― Martín Balarezo García

“Quite often, people inaccurately comment about the villains of the South and the heroes of the North. Such statements cause bitter debates. Thus, it is important to recognize the good and the bad from both the Confederate and Union armies. The fact is, the war stripped many men of their inhibitions and their immoral behaviors detrimentally affected all fellow Americans.”
― Trevor P. Wardlaw, Sires and Sons: The Story of Hubbard's Regiment

“I’m at peak physical condition now. People sometimes assume I was in the army. I think I’m too insubordinate for that line of work. There’s enough to do around here. I read somewhere that you could still fit the entire world’s population into Texas. Imagine that.”
― Caspar Vega, The Pink Beetle

“Jewelry, in a box this big?' I unfastened the silver latches.

'This is Texas,' Kimmie said reasonably.”
― Lisa Kleypas, Blue-Eyed Devil

“As Rachel ran with her 18-month-old son James Pratt, she was knocked down to the ground by a hoe, dragged by her hair, and separated from her child. She found herself taken to the area where her uncle Benjamin had been mutilated; arrows had been stuck in his body, and passing warriors thrust spears into it.”
― Noel Marie Fletcher, Captives of the Southwest

“If 'quaint' was a piano's Middle C, Marfa was a B-flat; it was peacefully strange.”
― Mandy Ashcraft, Small Orange Fruit

“Nothing more fun than something that starts out 'Based on a True Story.”
― Linda Thorsen Bond, Saving the Oldest Town in Texas

“In Austin, we don't have such high expectations of chihuahuas.”
― Lawrence Wright, God Save Texas: A Journey into the Soul of the Lone Star State

“An eccentric feature of the new gun laws is that people entering the state capitol can skip the long lines of tourists waiting to pass through metal detectors if they show the guards a license-to-carry permit. In other words, the people most likely to bring weapons into the building aren't scanned at all. Many of the people who breeze through are lawmakers or staffers who actually do tote concealed weapons into the offices and onto the floor of the legislature. But some lobbyists and reporters have also obtained gun licenses just to skirt the lines.
I'm one of those people.”
― Lawrence Wright, God Save Texas: A Journey into the Soul of the Lone Star State

“With more than a million Texans licensed to carry handguns, the state is actually far behind Florida, with 1.7 million. "I'm EMBARRASSED," Governor Greg Abbott tweeted in 2015; "Texas #2 in nation for new gun purchases, behind CALIFORNIA. Let's pick up the pace Texans. @NRA”
― Lawrence Wright, God Save Texas: A Journey into the Soul of the Lone Star State

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