What is the world at its best but a little round field of the moving pictures with two walking together in it?
O. HENRYIf man knew how women pass the time when they are alone, they’d never marry.
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To a woman nothing seems quite impossible to the powers of the man she worships.
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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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There was clearly nothing to do but flop down on the shabby little couch and howl.
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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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There are a few editor men with whom I am privileged to come in contact. It has not been long since it was their habit to come in contact with me. There is a difference.
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You can’t appreciate home till you’ve left it, money till it’s spent, your wife till she’s joined a woman’s club, nor Old Glory till you see it hanging on a broomstick on the shanty of a consul in a foreign town.
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If you live in an atmosphere of luxury, luxury is yours whether your money pays for it, or another’s.
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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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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 rights you’re a king. If I was you, I’d call for a new deal.
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If man knew how women pass the time when they are alone, they’d never marry.
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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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When one loves one’s Art no service seems too hard.
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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.
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We can’t buy one minute of time with cash; if we could, rich people would live longer.
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