American - Writer | September 11, 1862 - June 5, 1910
If men knew how women pass the time when they are alone, they'd never marry.
O. Henry
FunnyWomenAloneTimeMenNever
By rights you're a king. If I was you, I'd call for a new deal.
KingYouNewNew DealRightsCall
Write what you like; there is no other rule.
YouWriteRuleLikeOther
I have been called 'The American De Maupassant.' Well, I never wrote a filthy word in my life, and I don't like to be compared to a filthy writer.
LifeAmericanMy LifeNeverWell
I never have time to read now. I did all my reading before I was twenty.
TimeReadingNowNeverTwentyRead
When one loves one's Art no service seems too hard.
ArtServiceHardSeemsTooLoves
She plucked from my lapel the invisible strand of lint (the universal act of woman to proclaim ownership).
WomanOwnershipSheInvisibleAct
A straw vote only shows which way the hot air blows.
VoteWayHotAirStrawOnly
The Venturer is one who keeps his eye on the hedgerows and wayside groves and meadows while he travels the road to Fortune.
EyeRoadFortuneWhoHeHis
It couldn't have happened anywhere but in little old New York.
New YorkNewOldLittleHappened
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.
LiveCitizenshipYouTreasureRoyal
It'll be a great place if they ever finish it.
GreatPlaceFinishEverGreat Place
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