She plucked from my lapel the invisible strand of lint (the universal act of woman to proclaim ownership).
O. HENRYThere is a saying that no man has tasted the full flavor of life until he has known poverty, love, and war.
More O. Henry Quotes
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What is the world at its best but a little round field of the moving pictures with two walking together in it?
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There is one day that is ours. Thanksgiving Day is the one day that is purely American.
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Men to whom life had appeared as a reversible coat – seamy on both sides.
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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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We may achieve climate, but weather is thrust upon us.
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Those whom we first love we seldom marry.
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O all who give and receive gifts, such as they are wisest. Everywhere they are wisest. They are the magi.
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By nature and doctrines I am addicted to the habit of discovering choice places wherein to feed.
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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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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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If a person has lived through war, poverty and love, he has lived a full life.
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Love and business and family and religion and art and patriotism are nothing but shadows of words when a man’s starving!
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I’ve got some of my best yarns from park benches, lamp posts and newspaper stands.
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When one loves one’s Art no service seems too hard.
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It’ll be a great place if they ever finish it.
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