Author: O. Henry

Quotes

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.

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.

- O. Henry

I never have time to read now. I did all my reading before I was twenty.

I never have time to read now. I did all my reading before I was twenty.

- O. Henry

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

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

- O. Henry

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

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

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

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

- O. Henry

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

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

- O. Henry

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

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

- O. Henry

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

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

- O. Henry

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

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

- O. Henry

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