But there was something fresh about Mrs. Popper’s mouth, as if what was left of the softness and beauty she was said to have had as a girl still lingered there. Sonny was mute. Suddenly he wanted Mrs. Popper and he didn’t have the slightest idea what to do about it.
—Larry McMurtry, The Last Picture Show, Liveright, 2018 (1966)
“Here I am wanting to tell you I’m sorry again,” she said, smiling a little. “I know I’ve given you a bad afternoon. For ten seconds there I was ready to try and seduce you, I don’t know what it means myself. I”ve never seduced anyone and I’ve never been seduced, but I”ve always liked the word. I thought if I was ever going to find out what it meant it had better be now.”
—Larry McMurtry, The Last Picture Show, Liveright, 2018 (1966)