Quotes by O. Henry

“No friendship is an accident. ”

“He had become enveloped in the Indian Summer of the Soul.”

“And most wonderful of all are words, and how they make friends one with another, being oft associated, until not even obituary notices them do part.”

“I wanted to paint a picture some day that people would stand before and forget that it was made of paint. I wanted it to creep into them like a bar of music and mushroom there like a soft bullet.”

“I see the game now. You can't write with ink, and you can't write with your own heart's blood, but you can write with the heart's blood of some one else. You have to be a cad before you can be an a...”

“To a woman nothing seems quite impossible to the powers of the man she worships.”

“If men knew how women pass the time when they are alone, theyd never marry.”

“The magi, as you know, were wise men--wonderfully wise men--who brought gifts to the Babe in the manger. They invented the art of giving Christmas presents. Being wise, their gifts were no doubt wi...”

“We may achieve climate, but weather is thrust upon us. Santone, then, cannot be blamed for this cold gray fog that came and kissed the lips of the three thousand, and then delivered them to the cro...”

“The Give and Take Athletic Association lived up to its name. The hall of the association in Orchard street was fitted out with muscle- making inventions. With the fibres thus builded up the members...”

“All of us have to be prevaricators, hypocrites, and liars every day of our lives; otherwise the social structure would fall into pieces the first day. We must act in one another's presence just as ...”

“By nature and doctrines I am addicted to the habit of discovering choice places wherein to feed.”

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

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

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

“Life is made up of sobs, sniffles, and smiles, with sniffles predominating.”

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

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

“Well, little old Noisyville-on-the Subway is good enough for me.”

“Greenwich Village... the village of low rents and high arts.”