Men to whom life had appeared as a reversible coat – seamy on both sides.
O. HENRYMen to whom life had appeared as a reversible coat – seamy on both sides.
O. HENRYA 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.
O. HENRYHe studied cities as women study their reflections.
O. HENRYIf man knew how women pass the time when they are alone, they’d never marry.
O. HENRYI’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.
O. HENRYWhen a man begins to be hilarious in a sorrowful way you can bet a million that he is dyeing his hair.
O. HENRYExcept in streetcars one should never be unnecessarily rude to a lady.
O. HENRYIt ain’t the roads we take; it’s what’s inside of us that makes us turn out the way we do.
O. HENRYHospitality in the prairie country is not limited. Even if your enemy passes your way, you must feed him before you shoot him.
O. HENRYThe true adventurer goes forth aimless and uncalculating to meet and greet unknown fate.
O. HENRYWomen’s weapon, water-drops.
O. HENRYWhen one loves one’s Art no service seems too hard.
O. HENRYPerhaps there is no happiness in life so perfect as the martyr’s.
O. HENRYHumans were denied the speech of animals. The only common ground of communication upon which dogs and men can get together is in fiction.
O. HENRYShe plucked from my lapel the invisible strand of lint (the universal act of woman to proclaim ownership).
O. HENRYThere 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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