O. Henry

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


— O. Henry


#aimless #fate #forth #goes #greet

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


— O. Henry


#invisible #lapel #ownership #plucked #proclaim

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


— O. Henry


#business #family #love #man #nothing

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


— O. Henry


#blows #hot #only #shows #straw

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


— O. Henry


#how #knew #man #marry #never

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


— O. Henry


#climate #may #thrust #upon #us

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


— O. Henry


#dough #existence #few #inject #into






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William Sydney Porter (September 11 1862 – June 5 1910) better known by his pen name O. Henry's short stories are known for their wit wordplay warm characterization and clever twist endings. O.