O Henry Quotes

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

~ O. Henry

Air Blows Hot Only Shows Straw Vote Way Which

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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

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

~ O. Henry

Addicted Am Choice Discovering Doctrines Feed Habit I Am Nature Places Wherein

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By rights you're a king. If I was you, I'd call for a new deal.

~ O. Henry

Call Deal King New New Deal Rights You

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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

According East Francisco Inhabitants Merely People Race San San Francisco State West

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The Venturer is one who keeps his eye on the hedgerows and wayside groves and meadows while he travels the road to Fortune.

~ O. Henry

Eye Fortune He His Keeps Road Travels Wayside While Who

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If men knew how women pass the time when they are alone, they'd never marry.

~ O. Henry

Alone How Knew Marry Men Never Pass Time Women

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

~ O. Henry

Conversation Dough Existence Few

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

~ O. Henry

Brings Days Farmer Happy Old Old Days Only Up

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It couldn't have happened anywhere but in little old New York.

~ O. Henry

Anywhere Happened Little New New York Old York

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It is said that love makes the world go 'round - the announcement lacks verification. It's wind from the dinner horn that does it.

~ O. Henry

Announcement Dinner Does Go Horn Lacks Love Makes Round Said Verification Wind World

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It'll be a great place if they ever finish it.

~ O. Henry

Ever Finish Great Great Place Place

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

~ O. Henry

Life Made Smiles Up

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Love and business and family and religion and art and patriotism are nothing but shadows of words when a man's starving!

~ O. Henry

Art Business Family Love Man Nothing Patriotism Religion Shadows Starving Words

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

~ O. Henry

Act Invisible Ownership Proclaim She Strand Universal Woman

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

~ O. Henry

Adventurer Aimless Fate Forth Goes Greet Meet True Unknown

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

~ O. Henry

American Day One Day Ours Purely Thanksgiving

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Turn up the lights. I don't want to go home in the dark.

~ O. Henry

Dark Go Go Home Home Lights Turn Up Want

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

~ O. Henry

Achieve Climate May Thrust Us Weather

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When one loves one's Art no service seems too hard.

~ O. Henry

Art Hard Loves Seems Service Too

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11 September, 1862

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