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What else can you expect from a town thats shut off from the world by the ocean on one side and New Jersey on the other?

O. Henry

If you live in an atmosphere of luxury, luxury is yours whether your money pays for it, or another’s.
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Atmosphere Live Money Pay Yourself
A straw vote only shows which way the hot air blows.
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Air Hot Show Vote Way
Bride knoweth bride at the glance of an eye. And between them swiftly passes comfort and meaning in a language that man and widows wot not of.
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Bridge Comfortable Eyes Language Widow
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
Men to whom life had appeared as a reversible coat – seamy on both sides.
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Appearance Life Man Side
If man knew how women pass the time when they are alone, they’d never marry.
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Man Marriage Pass Time Woman
By nature and doctrines I am addicted to the habit of discovering choice places wherein to feed.
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Addiction Choice Discover Eat Habit Nature Place
Life is made up of sobs, sniffles, and smiles, with sniffles predominating.
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Dominate Life Smile
We can’t buy one minute of time with cash; if we could, rich people would live longer.
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Cash Live People Time
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
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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Grudge Hands Man Personal Way
It was beautiful and simple, as truly great swindles are.
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Beautiful Greatness Simplicity True
He studied cities as women study their reflections.
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Reflection Study Woman
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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Myself Secret Story Writing
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
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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Difference Grief Light Old Remain Sorrow

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