A burglar who respects his art always takes his time before taking anything else.
O. HENRY
She plucked from my lapel the invisible strand of lint (the universal act of woman to proclaim ownership).
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A burglar who respects his art always takes his time before taking anything else.
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There was clearly nothing to do but flop down on the shabby little couch and howl.
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History is bright and fiction dull with homely men who have charmed women.
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Perhaps there is no happiness in life so perfect as the martyr’s.
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She plucked from my lapel the invisible strand of lint (the universal act of woman to proclaim ownership).
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Humans were denied the speech of animals. The only common ground of communication upon which dogs and men can get together is in fiction.
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Turn up the lights. I don’t want to go home in the dark.
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Each of us, when our day’s work is done, must seek our ideal, whether it be love or pinochle or lobster à la Newburg, or the sweet silence of the musty bookshelves.
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East is East, and West is San Francisco, according to Californians. Californians are a race of people; they are not merely inhabitants of a State.
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A straw vote only shows which way the hot air blows.
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Bride knoweth bride at the glance of an eye. And between them swiftly passes comfort and meaning in a language that man and widows wot not of.
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If you live in an atmosphere of luxury, luxury is yours whether your money pays for it, or another’s.
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There is one day that is ours. Thanksgiving Day is the one day that is purely American.
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Whenever he saw a dollar in another man’s hands he took it as a personal grudge, if he couldn’t take it any other way.
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