No friendship is an accident.
O. HENRYIt’ll be a great place if they ever finish it.
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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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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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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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Turn up the lights. I don’t want to go home in the dark.
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Perhaps there is no happiness in life so perfect as the martyr’s.
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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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If a person has lived through war, poverty and love, he has lived a full life.
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In the Big City a man will disappear with the suddenness and completeness of the flame of a candle that is blown out.
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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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Whenever he saw a dollar in another man’s hands he took it as a personal grudge, if he couldn’t take it any other way.
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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 good story is like a bitter pill, with the sugar coating inside of it.
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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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