"Folks that keep pigs ain't no better than farmers," Jake said. "I'm surprised at you and Call. If you gave up being lawmen I thought you'd at least stay cattlemen."

"I thought you'd own a railroad by now, for that matter," Augustus said. "Or a whorehouse, at least. I guess life's been a disappointment to us both.

"I may not have no fortune, but I've never said a word to no pig, either," Jake said.


Larry McMurtry. Lonesome Dove, 1985. P.76