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If you want one thing too much it’s likely to be a disappointment. The healthy way is to learn to like the everyday things, like soft beds and buttermilk—and feisty gentlemen.

Larry McMurtry
Disappointment, Everyday Things, Healthy
Larry McMurtry (2010). “Lonesome Dove: A Novel”, p.351, Simon and Schuster
If you want one thing too much it’s likely to be a disappointment. The healthy way is to learn to like the everyday things, like soft beds and buttermilk—and feisty gentlemen.