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O. Henry69 quotes“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.”
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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.
O. HenryO. Henry If man knew how women pass the time when they are alone, they’d never marry.
O. HenryO. Henry Young artists must pave their way to Art by drawing pictures for magazine stories that young authors write to pave their way to Literature.
O. HenryO. Henry There is a saying that no man has tasted the full flavor of life until he has known poverty, love, and war.
O. HenryO. Henry Those whom we first love we seldom marry.
O. HenryO. Henry There are a few editor men with whom I am privileged to come in contact. It has not been long since it was their habit to come in contact with me. There is a difference.
O. HenryO. Henry 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.
O. HenryO. Henry She had become so thoroughly annealed into his life that she was like the air he breathed–necessary but scarcely noticed.
O. HenryO. Henry Most wonderful of all are words, and how they make friends one with another.
O. HenryO. Henry Whenever my patient begins to count the carriages in her funeral procession I subtract 50 per cent from the curative power of medicines.
O. HenryO. Henry Life is made up of sobs, sniffles, and smiles, with sniffles predominating.
O. HenryO. Henry No friendship is an accident.
O. HenryO. Henry 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?
O. HenryO. Henry By rights you’re a king. If I was you, I’d call for a new deal.
O. HenryO. Henry A straw vote only shows which way the hot air blows.
O. HenryO. Henry
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Someone rejected you does not mean you are not worthy. Maybe they can’t afford to be with you.
Jacklyn TysonJacklyn Tyson I will love you from afar it’s better this way because close up it hurts too much.
Melissa AndersonMelissa Anderson Maybe if you hold me tight, our love won’t be as shallow.
Mira R. AridiMira R. Aridi Sometimes a person is in peace & in the piece at the same time.
Jessica CollinsJessica Collins Between day and night there was a moment of silence.
Frode GaslandFrode Gasland But doesn’t it hurt to feel so much and pretend not to?
Brad NeatonBrad Neaton Admire your sweet way of glowing; your passionate way of flowing.
Ana SoulfulAna Soulful Darling, you are a warrior, for even though each day feels like a battle, you keep fighting and live on.
Sarah ShawkatSarah Shawkat
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I believe in God. When everything collapses, we grip the last hold, we look from the secure haven how the godless society of the old, holy Europe falls apart. May the game begin.
Joseph GoebbelsJoseph Goebbels Life is not a matter of holding good cards, but sometimes, playing a poor hand well.
Jack LondonJack London It’s just amazing how many companies suddenly want you to hold up their products after you’ve held up the Stanley Cup.
Wayne GretzkyWayne Gretzky At odd and unpredictable times, we cling in fright to the past .
Isaac AsimovIsaac Asimov You know, I’ve held women and babies and jewels and money, but nothing will ever feel as good as holding that Cup.
Wayne GretzkyWayne Gretzky If I break today will you hold me tomorrow and never leave.
Gemma TroyGemma Troy Sadly, there are more wild horses in holding pens than in the wild.
Willie NelsonWillie Nelson A body of men holding themselves accountable to nobody ought not to be trusted by anybody.
Thomas PaineThomas Paine
