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O Henry Quotes

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“A straw vote only shows which way the hot air blows.”

O Henry

“Bohemia is nothing more than the little country in which you do not live. If you try to obtain citizenship in it, at once the court and retinue pack the royal archives and treasure and move away beyond the hills.”

O Henry

“By nature and doctrines I am addicted to the habit of discovering choice places wherein to feed.”

O Henry

“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.”

O Henry

“Inject a few raisins of conversation into the tasteless dough of existence.”

O Henry

“It brings up happy old days when I was only a farmer and not an agriculturist.”

O Henry

“Life is made up of sobs, sniffles, and smiles, with sniffles predominating.”

O Henry

“She plucked from my lapel the invisible strand of lint (the universal act of woman to proclaim ownership).”

O Henry

“The true adventurer goes forth aimless and uncalculating to meet and greet unknown fate.”

O Henry

“There is one day that is ours. Thanksgiving Day is the one day that is purely American.”

O Henry

“We may achieve climate, but weather is thrust upon us.”

O Henry

“Write what you like; there is no other rule.”

O Henry