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O. Henry [1862-1910] American

Rank: 101
Writer, Short story writer

William Sydney Porter, known by his pen name O. Henry, was an American short story writer. O. Henry's short stories are known for their surprise endings.

Funny, Alone, Environmental, Home, Life, Men, Patriotism, Religion, Thanksgiving, Time, Women

Quote	Tags	Rank
There is one day that is ours. Thanksgiving Day is the one day that is purely American.	Thanksgiving	101
We may achieve climate, but weather is thrust upon us.	Environmental	102
The true adventurer goes forth aimless and uncalculating to meet and greet unknown fate.		103
If men knew how women pass the time when they are alone, they'd never marry.	Alone, Funny, Men, Time, Women	104
It brings up happy old days when I was only a farmer and not an agriculturist.		105
A straw vote only shows which way the hot air blows.		106
East is East, and West is San Francisco, according to Californians. Californians are a race of people; they are not merely inhabitants of a State.		107
Bohemia is nothing more than the little country in which you do not live. If you try to obtain citizenship in it, at once the court and retinue pack the royal archives and treasure and move away beyond the hills.		108
Turn up the lights. I don't want to go home in the dark.	Funny, Home	109
She plucked from my lapel the invisible strand of lint (the universal act of woman to proclaim ownership).		110
Whenever he saw a dollar in another man's hands he took it as a personal grudge, if he couldn't take it any other way.		111
It is said that love makes the world go 'round - the announcement lacks verification. It's wind from the dinner horn that does it.		112
Life is made up of sobs, sniffles, and smiles, with sniffles predominating.	Life	113
Write what you like; there is no other rule.		114
By rights you're a king. If I was you, I'd call for a new deal.		115
It couldn't have happened anywhere but in little old New York.		116
When one loves one's Art no service seems too hard.		117
Love and business and family and religion and art and patriotism are nothing but shadows of words when a man's starving!	Patriotism, Religion	118
By nature and doctrines I am addicted to the habit of discovering choice places wherein to feed.		119
Inject a few raisins of conversation into the tasteless dough of existence.		120
It'll be a great place if they ever finish it.		121

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