O all who give and receive gifts, such as they are wisest. Everywhere they are wisest. They are the magi.
O. HENRYBy nature and doctrines I am addicted to the habit of discovering choice places wherein to feed.
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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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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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It gives men courage and ambition and the nerve for anything. It has the colour of gold, is clear as a glass and shines after dark as if the sunshine were still in it.
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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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There was clearly nothing to do but flop down on the shabby little couch and howl.
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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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A straw vote only shows which way the hot air blows.
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No friendship is an accident.
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It was beautiful and simple, as truly great swindles are.
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Most wonderful of all are words, and how they make friends one with another.
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Whenever my patient begins to count the carriages in her funeral procession I subtract 50 per cent from the curative power of medicines.
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A good story is like a bitter pill, with the sugar coating inside of it.
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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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Write what you like; there is no other rule.
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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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