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Mortality Quotes in Lonesome Dove

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Quote #10

It was such a startling thought—that under him, beneath the long grass, were millions of bones—that Newt stopped feeling so strained. He rode beside Mr. Gus, thinking about, the rest of the night. (72.124)

Here we see Newt coming to terms with his eventual death, in a way. He realizes that eventually all things return to bones—even his friends, and even himself.