It’ll be a great place if they ever finish it.
O. HENRYShe plucked from my lapel the invisible strand of lint (the universal act of woman to proclaim ownership).
More O. Henry Quotes
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He studied cities as women study their reflections.
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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.
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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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There is this difference between the grief of youth and that of old age; youth’s burden is lightened by as much of it as another shares; old age may give and give, but the sorrow remains the same.
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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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There was clearly nothing to do but flop down on the shabby little couch and howl.
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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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We may achieve climate, but weather is thrust upon us.
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A straw vote only shows which way the hot air blows.
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What is the world at its best but a little round field of the moving pictures with two walking together in it?
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By rights you’re a king. If I was you, I’d call for a new deal.
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I’ve got some of my best yarns from park benches, lamp posts and newspaper stands.
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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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Turn up the lights. I don’t want to go home in the dark.
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A good story is like a bitter pill, with the sugar coating inside of it.
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