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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. Henry

No friendship is an accident.
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Accident Friendship
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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Ethnicity Identity Race State
He seemed to be made of sunshine and blood-red tissue and clear weather.
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Clear Himself Sunshine Weather
I’ve got some of my best yarns from park benches, lamp posts and newspaper stands.
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Lamp Myself Stand
Except in streetcars one should never be unnecessarily rude to a lady.
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Exception Necessary Rude Woman
We can’t buy one minute of time with cash; if we could, rich people would live longer.
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Cash Live People Time
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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Domination Down Moral Reflection Smile
When one loves one’s Art no service seems too hard.
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Art Love Oneself Service
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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Horn Love Myself Verify Wind World
The lonesomest thing in all the world is a soul when it is making ready to go on its mysterious, far journey.
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Journey Mystery Soul World
It was beautiful and simple, as truly great swindles are.
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Beautiful Greatness Simplicity True
It’ll be a great place if they ever finish it.
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Greatness Place
We may achieve climate, but weather is thrust upon us.
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Achieve Climate Ourselves
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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Grudge Hands Man Personal Way
If a person has lived through war, poverty and love, he has lived a full life.
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Life Live Person Poverty War
A story with a moral appended is like the bill of a mosquito. It bores you, and then injects a stinging drop to irritate your conscience.
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Boredom Conscience Irritate Morals

If you can’t write a story that pleases yourself, you will never please the public. But in writing the story forget the public.

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