There was clearly nothing to do but flop down on the shabby little couch and howl. So Della did it. Which instigates the moral reflection that life is made up of sobs, sniffles, and smiles, with sniffles predominating. — O. Henry Copy Share Image
My advice to you, if you should ever be in a hold up, is to line up with the cowards and save your bravery… — O. Henry Copy Share Image
“It did not exactly beggar description, but it certainly had that word on the lookout for the mendicancy squad.” — O. Henry Copy Share Image
Fortune is a prize to be won. Adventure is the road to it. Chance is what may lurk in the shadows at the roadside. — O. Henry Copy Share Image
She plucked from my lapel the invisible strand of lint (the universal act of woman to proclaim ownership). — O. Henry Copy Share Image
There is no well defined boundary line between honesty and dishonesty. The frontiers of one blend with the outside limits of the other, and… — O. Henry Copy Share Image
All great men have declared that they owe their sucess to the aid and encouragement of some brilliant woman. — O. Henry Copy Share Image
Young artists must pave their way to Art by drawing pictures for magazine stories that young authors write to pave their way to Literature. — O. Henry Copy Share Image
I've got some of my best yarns from park benches, lamp posts and newspaper stands. — O. Henry Copy Share Image
There are stories in everything. I've got some of my best yarns from park benches, lampposts, and newspaper stands. — O. Henry Copy Share Image
