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This fair but pitiless city of Manhattan was without a soul its inhabitants were manikins moved by wires and springs.

O. Henry

Write what you like; there is no other rule.
O. HENRY

Rule Writing Yourself
By nature and doctrines I am addicted to the habit of discovering choice places wherein to feed.
O. HENRY

Addiction Choice Discover Eat Habit Nature Place
This fair but pitiless city of Manhattan was without a soul its inhabitants were manikins moved by wires and springs.
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Fair Move Soul Wire
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
Men to whom life had appeared as a reversible coat – seamy on both sides.
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Appearance Life Man Side
Of habit, the power that keeps the earth from flying to pieces; though there is some silly theory of gravitation.
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Gravitation Habit Pieces Power Theory
He studied cities as women study their reflections.
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Reflection Study Woman
It’ll be a great place if they ever finish it.
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Greatness Place
She plucked from my lapel the invisible strand of lint (the universal act of woman to proclaim ownership).
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Invisible Strand Woman
Fortune is a prize to be won. Adventure is the road to it. Chance is what may lurk in the shadows at the roadside.
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Fortune Prize Road Shadow Win
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
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
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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Ambition Color Courage Darkness Man Sunshine
No friendship is an accident.
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Accident Friendship
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
She had become so thoroughly annealed into his life that she was like the air he breathed–necessary but scarcely noticed.
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Air Breathe Life Necessary Notice Scarce

This fair but pitiless city of Manhattan was without a soul its inhabitants were manikins moved by wires and springs.

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