"He studied cities as women study their reflections." — O. Henry

"He studied cities as women study their reflections."

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64 Quotes by O. Henry

O. Henry has 64 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

You can't appreciate home till you've left it, money till it's spent, your wife till she's joined a woman's club,…
There is this difference between the grief of youth and that of old age; youth's burden is lightened by as…
There is no well defined boundary line between honesty and dishonesty. The frontiers of one blend with the outside limits…
There is a saying that no man has tasted the full flavor of life until he has known poverty, love,…
There is one day that is ours. There is one day when all we Americans who are not self-made go…
If man knew how women pass the time when they are alone, they'd never marry.
If there was ever an aviary overstocked with jays it is that Yaptouwn on the Hudson called New York
If a person has lived through war, poverty and love, he has lived a full life
There are stories in everything. I've got some of my best yarns from park benches, lampposts, and newspaper stands.
Write what you like; there is no other rule.
It ain't the roads we take; it's what's inside of us that makes us turn out the way we do.
Bohemia is nothing more than the little country in which you do not live. If you try to obtain citizenship…

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More Cities Quotes

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Men of sense often learn from their enemies. It is from their foes, not their friends, that cities learn the… — Aristophanes
A great city is not to be confounded with a populous one. — Aristotle
Even in New York, there are a lot of very attractive girls pedaling around. That just happens to be one… — Paul Auster
In the holy city of Mecca, violence of any kind was forbidden. From the moment they left home, pilgrims were… — Karen Armstrong
I didn't go to school for a full year until I was 12. In the summer I was a wild… — Margaret Atwood
We do not look in our great cities for our best morality. — Jane Austen
As people flock to urban centers where ground space is limited, cities with green walls and roofs and skyscraper farms… — Diane Ackerman
On some summer days in New York City, the air hangs thickly visible, like the combined exhalations of eight million… — Diane Ackerman
There is no city or country in the world where women and girls live free of the fear of violence.… — Michelle Bachelet
London changes because of money. It's real estate. If they can build some offices or expensive apartments they will, it's… — David Bailey
My boyhood life in New York City has impressed me with the popular ignorance and also with the great need… — Cleveland Abbe
I don't think acting is addictive. If I stopped acting tomorrow, I really wouldn't care. If you told me that… — Alec Baldwin

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