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d2bebe6	No friendship is an accident.		O. Henry
ec04eda	Life is made up of sobs, sniffles, and smiles, with sniffles predominating.		O. Henry
9ce3717	We can't buy one minute of time with cash; if we could, rich people would live longer.		O. Henry
dfea7fb	I wanted to paint a picture some day that people would stand before and forget that it was made of paint. I wanted it to creep into them like a bar of music and mushroom there like a soft bullet.	arts music soft-bullet paint bullets painting	O. Henry
6b1af7f	And here I have lamely related to you the uneventful chronicle of two foolish children in a flat who most unwisely sacrificed for each other the greatest treasures of their house. But in a last word to the wise of these days let it be said that of all who give gifts these two were the wisest.		O. Henry
937b3f4	Many a happy hour she had spent planning for something nice for him. Something fine and rare and sterling--something		O. Henry
e309996	Oh, come off your perch!" said the other man, who wore glasses. "Your premises won't come out in the wash. You wind-jammers who apply bandy-legged theories to concrete categorical syllogisms send logical conclusions skallybootin' into the infinitesimal ragbag. You can't pull my leg with an old sophism with whiskers on it."		O. Henry
22f8b18	John Perkins was not accustomed to analyzing his emotions. But as he sat in his Katy-bereft 10x12 parlor he hit unerringly upon the keynote of his discomfort. He knew now that Katy was necessary to his happiness. His feeling for her, lulled into unconsciousness by the dull round of domesticity, had been sharply stirred by the loss of her presence. Has it not been dinned into us by proverb and sermon and fable that we never prize the music t..		O. Henry
1d0e346	Perhaps there is no happiness in life so perfect as the martyr's.		O. Henry
fbcf081	Turn up the lights -- I don't want to go home in the dark.		O. Henry
15a2ff0	A burglar who respects his art always takes his time before taking anything else.		O. Henry
dcf16ed	A straw vote only shows which way the hot air blows.		O. Henry
d6569b6	Take it from me -- he's got the goods.		O. Henry
06f9c4c	One dollar and eighty-seven cents. And the next day would be Christmas.		O. Henry
bd8d7ba	If man knew how women pass the time when they are alone, they'd never marry.		O. Henry
20d998f	Broadway -- the great sluice that washes out the dust of the gold-mines of Gotham.		O. Henry
e07d9b6	It was beautiful and simple as all truly great swindles are.		O. Henry
8cdc61a	Busy as a one-armed man with the nettle-rash pasting on wallpaper.		O. Henry
f12c31a	If ever there was an aviary overstocked with jays it is that Yaptown-on-the-Hudson, called New York.		O. Henry
2753672	History is bright and fiction dull with homely men who have charmed women.		O. Henry
50caba1	It couldn't have happened anywhere but in little old New York.		O. Henry
e10560e	Bolivar cannot carry double		O. Henry

No friendship is an accident.

O. Henry

ec04eda

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

O. Henry

9ce3717

We can't buy one minute of time with cash; if we could, rich people would live longer.

O. Henry

dfea7fb

I wanted to paint a picture some day that people would stand before and forget that it was made of paint. I wanted it to creep into them like a bar of music and mushroom there like a soft bullet.

arts music soft-bullet paint bullets painting

O. Henry

6b1af7f

And here I have lamely related to you the uneventful chronicle of two foolish children in a flat who most unwisely sacrificed for each other the greatest treasures of their house. But in a last word to the wise of these days let it be said that of all who give gifts these two were the wisest.

O. Henry

937b3f4

Many a happy hour she had spent planning for something nice for him. Something fine and rare and sterling--something

O. Henry

e309996

Oh, come off your perch!" said the other man, who wore glasses. "Your premises won't come out in the wash. You wind-jammers who apply bandy-legged theories to concrete categorical syllogisms send logical conclusions skallybootin' into the infinitesimal ragbag. You can't pull my leg with an old sophism with whiskers on it."

O. Henry

22f8b18

John Perkins was not accustomed to analyzing his emotions. But as he sat in his Katy-bereft 10x12 parlor he hit unerringly upon the keynote of his discomfort. He knew now that Katy was necessary to his happiness. His feeling for her, lulled into unconsciousness by the dull round of domesticity, had been sharply stirred by the loss of her presence. Has it not been dinned into us by proverb and sermon and fable that we never prize the music t..