Except in streetcars one should never be unnecessarily rude to a lady.
O. HENRYHumans were denied the speech of animals. The only common ground of communication upon which dogs and men can get together is in fiction.
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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When one loves one’s Art no service seems too hard.
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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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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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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.
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Women’s weapon, water-drops.
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It’ll be a great place if they ever finish it.
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There was clearly nothing to do but flop down on the shabby little couch and howl. So Della did it. Which instigates the moral reflection that life is made up of sobs, sniffles, and smiles, with sniffles predominating.
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By nature and doctrines I am addicted to the habit of discovering choice places wherein to feed.
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Those whom we first love we seldom marry.
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In the Big City a man will disappear with the suddenness and completeness of the flame of a candle that is blown out.
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This fair but pitiless city of Manhattan was without a soul its inhabitants were manikins moved by wires and springs.
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We can’t buy one minute of time with cash; if we could, rich people would live longer.
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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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If a person has lived through war, poverty and love, he has lived a full life.
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