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.
O. HENRYYoung 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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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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There was clearly nothing to do but flop down on the shabby little couch and howl.
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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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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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Whenever my patient begins to count the carriages in her funeral procession I subtract 50 per cent from the curative power of medicines.
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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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He seemed to be made of sunshine and blood-red tissue and clear weather.
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Most wonderful of all are words, and how they make friends one with another.
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She plucked from my lapel the invisible strand of lint (the universal act of woman to proclaim ownership).
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It was beautiful and simple, as truly great swindles are.
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The true adventurer goes forth aimless and uncalculating to meet and greet unknown fate.
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A straw vote only shows which way the hot air blows.
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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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When one loves one’s Art no service seems too hard.
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