We may achieve climate, but weather is thrust upon us.
O. HENRYTo a woman nothing seems quite impossible to the powers of the man she worships.
More O. Henry Quotes
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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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It’s said that love makes the world go around. Let me tell you, the announcement lacks verification. It’s the wind from the dinner horn that does it.
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There is a saying that no man has tasted the full flavor of life until he has known poverty, love, and war.
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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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Now, girls, if you want to observe a young man hustle out after a pick and shovel, just tell him that your heart is in some other fellow’s grave. Young men are grave-robbers by nature.
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I’ve got some of my best yarns from park benches, lamp posts and newspaper stands.
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A straw vote only shows which way the hot air blows.
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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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A good story is like a bitter pill, with the sugar coating inside of it.
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It was beautiful and simple, as truly great swindles are.
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All great men have declared that they owe their sucess to the aid and encouragement of some brilliant woman.
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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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Perhaps there is no happiness in life so perfect as the martyr’s.
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Turn up the lights. I don’t want to go home in the dark.
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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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It gives men courage and ambition and the nerve for anything. It has the colour of gold, is clear as a glass and shines after dark as if the sunshine were still in it.
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If you can’t write a story that pleases yourself, you will never please the public. But in writing the story forget the public.
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No friendship is an accident.
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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 is one day that is ours. Thanksgiving Day is the one day that is purely American.
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Write what you like; there is no other rule.
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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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He seemed to be made of sunshine and blood-red tissue and clear weather.
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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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By nature and doctrines I am addicted to the habit of discovering choice places wherein to feed.
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If a person has lived through war, poverty and love, he has lived a full life.
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