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She plucked from my lapel the invisible strand of lint (the universal act of woman to proclaim ownership).

O. Henry

There is one day that is ours. Thanksgiving Day is the one day that is purely American.
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Day Oneself Ourselves Patriotic
Most wonderful of all are words, and how they make friends one with another.
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Friendship Oneself Wonderful Word
Turn up the lights. I don’t want to go home in the dark.
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Darkness Home Light Myself
All great men have declared that they owe their sucess to the aid and encouragement of some brilliant woman.
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Brilliant Declare Encouragement Greatness Woman
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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Advice Benefit Brave Coward Hold Yourself
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.
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Contact Difference Man Privilege
By rights you’re a king. If I was you, I’d call for a new deal.
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Call Deal King Right Yourself
Inject a few raisins of conversation into the tasteless dough of existence.
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Conversation Existence Taste
I’ve got some of my best yarns from park benches, lamp posts and newspaper stands.
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Lamp Myself Stand
When a man begins to be hilarious in a sorrowful way you can bet a million that he is dyeing his hair.
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Beginning Hilarious Man Sorrow
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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Forget Please Story Writing Yourself
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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Myself Secret Story Writing
Each of us, when our day’s work is done, must seek our ideal, whether it be love or pinochle or lobster à la Newburg, or the sweet silence of the musty bookshelves.
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Book Day Ideal Seek Silence Work
If you live in an atmosphere of luxury, luxury is yours whether your money pays for it, or another’s.
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Atmosphere Live Money Pay Yourself
It was beautiful and simple, as truly great swindles are.
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Beautiful Greatness Simplicity True
A straw vote only shows which way the hot air blows.
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Air Hot Show Vote Way

She plucked from my lapel the invisible strand of lint (the universal act of woman to proclaim ownership).

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