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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

I’ve got some of my best yarns from park benches, lamp posts and newspaper stands.
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Lamp Myself Stand
We may achieve climate, but weather is thrust upon us.
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Achieve Climate Ourselves
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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Disaster Face Myself Reason See Story
A good story is like a bitter pill, with the sugar coating inside of it.
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Creativity Pill Story
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
Hospitality in the prairie country is not limited. Even if your enemy passes your way, you must feed him before you shoot him.
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Country Enemy Hospital Pass Praise Yourself
To a woman nothing seems quite impossible to the powers of the man she worships.
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Herself Impossible Love Power Quite Relationship Woman Worship
Women’s weapon, water-drops.
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Tears Weapon Woman
It ain’t the roads we take; it’s what’s inside of us that makes us turn out the way we do.
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Ourselves Road Travel Way
There was clearly nothing to do but flop down on the shabby little couch and howl.
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Clear Couch
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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Domination Down Moral Reflection Smile
It was beautiful and simple, as truly great swindles are.
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Beautiful Greatness Simplicity True
If a person has lived through war, poverty and love, he has lived a full life.
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Life Live Person Poverty War
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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Journey Mystery Soul World
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
This fair but pitiless city of Manhattan was without a soul its inhabitants were manikins moved by wires and springs.
O. HENRY

Fair Move Soul Wire

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

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