A straw vote only shows which way the hot air blows.
O. HENRYI’ve got some of my best yarns from park benches, lamp posts and newspaper stands.
More O. Henry Quotes
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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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O all who give and receive gifts, such as they are wisest. Everywhere they are wisest. They are the magi.
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It was beautiful and simple, as truly great swindles are.
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Life is made up of sobs, sniffles, and smiles, with sniffles predominating.
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Write what you like; there is no other rule.
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He seemed to be made of sunshine and blood-red tissue and clear weather.
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If a person has lived through war, poverty and love, he has lived a full life.
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Inject a few raisins of conversation into the tasteless dough of existence.
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What else can you expect from a town thats shut off from the world by the ocean on one side and New Jersey on the other?
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When one loves one’s Art no service seems too hard.
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Most wonderful of all are words, and how they make friends one with another.
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I’ll give you the whole secret to short story writing. Here it is. Rule 1: Write stories that please yourself. There is no Rule 2.
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By rights you’re a king. If I was you, I’d call for a new deal.
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History is bright and fiction dull with homely men who have charmed women.
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It’ll be a great place if they ever finish it.
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