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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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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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Myself Secret Story Writing
Women’s weapon, water-drops.
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Tears Weapon Woman
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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Best Move Picture Round World
To a woman nothing seems quite impossible to the powers of the man she worships.
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Herself Impossible Love Power Quite Relationship Woman Worship
The lonesomest thing in all the world is a soul when it is making ready to go on its mysterious, far journey.
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Journey Mystery Soul World
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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Grudge Hands Man Personal Way
By nature and doctrines I am addicted to the habit of discovering choice places wherein to feed.
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Addiction Choice Discover Eat Habit Nature Place
Except in streetcars one should never be unnecessarily rude to a lady.
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Exception Necessary Rude Woman
It was beautiful and simple, as truly great swindles are.
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Beautiful Greatness Simplicity True
A good story is like a bitter pill, with the sugar coating inside of it.
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Creativity Pill Story
East is East, and West is San Francisco, according to Californians. Californians are a race of people; they are not merely inhabitants of a State.
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Ethnicity Identity Race State
Each of us, when our day’s work is done, must seek our ideal, whether it be love or pinochle or lobster à la Newburg, or the sweet silence of the musty bookshelves.
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Book Day Ideal Seek Silence Work
All great men have declared that they owe their sucess to the aid and encouragement of some brilliant woman.
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Brilliant Declare Encouragement Greatness Woman
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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Domination Down Moral Reflection Smile
Those whom we first love we seldom marry.
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Love Marriage
When one loves one’s Art no service seems too hard.
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Art Love Oneself Service

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