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title: "3 Benches Quotes By O. Henry"
description: "3 Benches quotes by O. Henry. Plus more from O. Henry and more Benches sayings from other authors."
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> [I've got some of my best yarns from park benches, lamp posts and newspaper stands.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/o-henry/i-ve-got-some-of-my-best-yarns-from-park-benches-lamp-posts-and/)

[O. Henry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/o-henry/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/405/o-henry-3281_benches_i-ve-got-some-of-my-best-yarns-from-park_367192.jpg)

> [There are stories in everything. I've got some of my best yarns from park benches, lampposts, and newspaper stands.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/o-henry/there-are-stories-in-everything-i-ve-got-some-of-my-best-yarns-from/)

[O. Henry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/o-henry/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/795/o-henry-3281_benches_there-are-stories-in-everything-i-ve-got_373107.jpg)

> [ \[A\]ll of life, as we know it, moves in little, unavailing circles. More justly than to anything else, it can be likened… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/o-henry/a-ll-of-life-as-we-know-it-moves-in-little-unavailing-circles-more/)

[O. Henry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/o-henry/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ecc/o-henry-3281_away-we-go_a-ll-of-life-as-we-know-it-moves-in-litt_1632879.jpg)

## Other authors on Benches

- [John Wooden 7 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/benches/john-wooden/)

## More by O. Henry

> [He seemed to be made of sunshine and blood-red tissue and clear weather.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/o-henry/he-seemed-to-be-made-of-sunshine-and-blood-red-tissue-and-clear/)

[O. Henry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/o-henry/)

> [My advice to you, if you should ever be in a hold up, is to line up with the cowards and save your bravery…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/o-henry/my-advice-to-you-if-you-should-ever-be-in-a-hold-up-is-to-line-up/)

[O. Henry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/o-henry/)

> [“It did not exactly beggar description, but it certainly had that word on the lookout for the mendicancy squad.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/o-henry/it-did-not-exactly-beggar-description-but-it-certainly-had-that-word/)

[O. Henry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/o-henry/)

> [Fortune is a prize to be won. Adventure is the road to it. Chance is what may lurk in the shadows at the roadside.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/o-henry/fortune-is-a-prize-to-be-won-adventure-is-the-road-to-it-chance-is/)

[O. Henry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/o-henry/)

> [She plucked from my lapel the invisible strand of lint (the universal act of woman to proclaim ownership).](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/o-henry/she-plucked-from-my-lapel-the-invisible-strand-of-lint-the-universal/)

[O. Henry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/o-henry/)

> [There is no well defined boundary line between honesty and dishonesty. The frontiers of one blend with the outside limits of the other, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/o-henry/there-is-no-well-defined-boundary-line-between-honesty-and-dishonesty/)

[O. Henry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/o-henry/)

> [All great men have declared that they owe their sucess to the aid and encouragement of some brilliant woman.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/o-henry/all-great-men-have-declared-that-they-owe-their-sucess-to-the-aid-and/)

[O. Henry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/o-henry/)

> [Those whom we first love we seldom marry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/o-henry/those-whom-we-first-love-we-seldom-marry/)

[O. Henry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/o-henry/)

> [Young artists must pave their way to Art by drawing pictures for magazine stories that young authors write to pave their way to Literature.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/o-henry/young-artists-must-pave-their-way-to-art-by-drawing-pictures-for/)

[O. Henry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/o-henry/)

> [A good story is like a bitter pill, with the sugar coating inside of it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/o-henry/a-good-story-is-like-a-bitter-pill-with-the-sugar-coating-inside-of-it/)

[O. Henry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/o-henry/)

> [I've got some of my best yarns from park benches, lamp posts and newspaper stands.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/o-henry/i-ve-got-some-of-my-best-yarns-from-park-benches-lamp-posts-and/)

[O. Henry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/o-henry/)

> [There are stories in everything. I've got some of my best yarns from park benches, lampposts, and newspaper stands.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/o-henry/there-are-stories-in-everything-i-ve-got-some-of-my-best-yarns-from/)

[O. Henry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/o-henry/)

> [I never have time to read now. I did all my reading before I was twenty.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/o-henry/i-never-have-time-to-read-now-i-did-all-my-reading-before-i-was-twenty/)

[O. Henry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/o-henry/)

> [Bride knoweth bride at the glance of an eye. And between them swiftly passes comfort and meaning in a language that man and widows…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/o-henry/bride-knoweth-bride-at-the-glance-of-an-eye-and-between-them-swiftly/)

[O. Henry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/o-henry/)

> [No friendship is an accident.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/o-henry/no-friendship-is-an-accident/)

[O. Henry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/o-henry/)

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