It’ll be a great place if they ever finish it.
O. HENRYMost wonderful of all are words, and how they make friends one with another.
More O. Henry Quotes
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Young artists must pave their way to Art by drawing pictures for magazine stories that young authors write to pave their way to Literature.
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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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History is bright and fiction dull with homely men who have charmed women.
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A straw vote only shows which way the hot air blows.
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There was clearly nothing to do but flop down on the shabby little couch and howl.
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Except in streetcars one should never be unnecessarily rude to a lady.
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A burglar who respects his art always takes his time before taking anything else.
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Life is made up of sobs, sniffles, and smiles, with sniffles predominating.
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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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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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A good story is like a bitter pill, with the sugar coating inside of it.
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Turn up the lights. I don’t want to go home in the dark.
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He seemed to be made of sunshine and blood-red tissue and clear weather.
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Humans were denied the speech of animals. The only common ground of communication upon which dogs and men can get together is in fiction.
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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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