O. Henry on weather
O. Henry69 quotes“He seemed to be made of sunshine and blood-red tissue and clear weather.”
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What is the world at its best but a little round field of the moving pictures with two walking together in it?
O. HenryO. Henry If a person has lived through war, poverty and love, he has lived a full life.
O. HenryO. Henry The true adventurer goes forth aimless and uncalculating to meet and greet unknown fate.
O. HenryO. Henry Now, girls, if you want to observe a young man hustle out after a pick and shovel, just tell him that your heart is in some other fellow’s grave. Young men are grave-robbers by nature.
O. HenryO. Henry 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.
O. HenryO. Henry There is this difference between the grief of youth and that of old age; youth’s burden is lightened by as much of it as another shares; old age may give and give, but the sorrow remains the same.
O. HenryO. Henry I’ve got some of my best yarns from park benches, lamp posts and newspaper stands.
O. HenryO. Henry This fair but pitiless city of Manhattan was without a soul its inhabitants were manikins moved by wires and springs.
O. HenryO. Henry He studied cities as women study their reflections.
O. HenryO. Henry There is one day that is ours. Thanksgiving Day is the one day that is purely American.
O. HenryO. Henry You can’t appreciate home till you’ve left it, money till it’s spent, your wife till she’s joined a woman’s club, nor Old Glory till you see it hanging on a broomstick on the shanty of a consul in a foreign town.
O. HenryO. Henry 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.
O. HenryO. Henry History is bright and fiction dull with homely men who have charmed women.
O. HenryO. Henry Men to whom life had appeared as a reversible coat – seamy on both sides.
O. HenryO. Henry When a man begins to be hilarious in a sorrowful way you can bet a million that he is dyeing his hair.
O. HenryO. Henry By nature and doctrines I am addicted to the habit of discovering choice places wherein to feed.
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But I’m the only one who can paint the moon, because I’m the only one who knows whether that’s right or not.
Alan BeanAlan Bean I don’t make plans, because life is short and unpredictable – much like the weather!
Al RokerAl Roker When the weather is hot, keep a cool mind. When the weather is cold, keep a warm heart.
Ajahn BrahmAjahn Brahm I love England from head to toe. I love the weather, the people. I was there in the summer and it was nice. The people are so groovy.
Otis ReddingOtis Redding I think all songs should have weather in them. Names of towns and streets, and they should have a couple of sailors. I think those are just song prerequisites.
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Adrienne RichAdrienne Rich The willow turns his back on inclement weather. And if he can do it, we can do it.
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