O. Henry on language
O. Henry69 quotes“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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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.
O. HenryO. Henry Fortune is a prize to be won. Adventure is the road to it. Chance is what may lurk in the shadows at the roadside.
O. HenryO. Henry My advice to you, if you should ever be in a hold up, is to line up with the cowards and save your bravery for an occasion when it may be of some benefit to you.
O. HenryO. Henry Hospitality in the prairie country is not limited. Even if your enemy passes your way, you must feed him before you shoot him.
O. HenryO. Henry If you can’t write a story that pleases yourself, you will never please the public. But in writing the story forget the public.
O. HenryO. Henry It’s said that love makes the world go around. Let me tell you, the announcement lacks verification. It’s the wind from the dinner horn that does it.
O. HenryO. Henry Except in streetcars one should never be unnecessarily rude to a lady.
O. HenryO. Henry When I see a shipwreck, I like to know what caused the disaster. I learned nothing but the glow that wrapped her face when the soup came. That’s the story.
O. HenryO. Henry Turn up the lights. I don’t want to go home in the dark.
O. HenryO. Henry We can’t buy one minute of time with cash; if we could, rich people would live longer.
O. HenryO. Henry Humans were denied the speech of animals. The only common ground of communication upon which dogs and men can get together is in fiction.
O. HenryO. Henry If you live in an atmosphere of luxury, luxury is yours whether your money pays for it, or another’s.
O. HenryO. Henry It was beautiful and simple, as truly great swindles are.
O. HenryO. Henry To a woman nothing seems quite impossible to the powers of the man she worships.
O. HenryO. Henry Perhaps there is no happiness in life so perfect as the martyr’s.
O. HenryO. Henry We may achieve climate, but weather is thrust upon us.
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Thoughts on a tapestry. Colour or black and white. A brush, a pen, A flash of light. Ideas flowing soon, about to take flight.
Gerard GleesonGerard Gleeson Like deep water, she was silent. His lips tasted of salt. He was both addicting and bitter all at once.
MoomerMoomer Always show kindness and love to others. Your words might be filling the empty places in someone else heart.
Alexander KandovAlexander Kandov And I would lie on your chest for hours and dream about the world in your arms but your thoughts were in another world.
Ani ShahverdyanAni Shahverdyan Your smile and your laughter lit my whole world.
Ranata SuzukiRanata Suzuki Often all we can do is breathe, even that can be hard sometimes.
Julia Kellogg HenryJulia Kellogg Henry I am addicted to your madness drunk on your toxic love. Infect me with your poison, lets make storms rage above.
Laura Natoli-KearneyLaura Natoli-Kearney The more you fail, recover, and improve, the better you are as a person.
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The only thing that it is advisable to know in any language is the numerals; and even there, you can do a lot with the fingers.
Evelyn WaughEvelyn Waugh Language is the dress of thought; every time you talk your mind is on parade.
Samuel JohnsonSamuel Johnson There’s no substitute for the love of language, for the beauty of an English sentence. There’s no substitute for struggling, if a struggle is needed, to make an English sentence as beautiful as it should be.
Harper LeeHarper Lee Often times the language is different; by which I mean, I love her, and it’s the only stammer I’ve ever known.
Odd KenOdd Ken I guess we all understand the love language fine; but maybe truth is we’re just too fluent in goodbyes.
Odd KenOdd Ken When one man dies, one chapter is not torn out of the book, but translated into a better language.
John DonneJohn Donne No fear or shame in the dignity of your experience, language, and knowledge.
Jack KerouacJack Kerouac Bad language is a stage all children go through, and it dies with time when they learn they’re not attracting attention with it.
Harper LeeHarper Lee