O. Henry
O. Henry
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 wit, wordplay, warm characterization, and surprise endings...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth11 September 1862
CityGreensboro, NC
CountryUnited States of America
air
She had become so thoroughly annealed into his life that she was like the air he breathed--necessary but scarcely noticed.
liars fall hypocrite
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 we must wear clothes. It is for the best
grief grieving differences
There is this difference between the grief of youth and that of old age; youth's burden is lightened by as much of it as another shares; old age may give and give, but the sorrow remains the same.
truth honesty lines
There is no well defined boundary line between honesty and dishonesty. The frontiers of one blend with the outside limits of the other, and he who attempts to tread this dangerous ground may be sometimes in the one domain and sometimes in the other.
appreciation home old-glory
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, nor Old Glory till you see it hanging on a broomstick on the shanty of a consul in a foreign town.
art food family-love
Love and business and family and religion and art and patriotism are nothing but shadows of words when a man's starving!
new-york insulting ifs
If there was ever an aviary overstocked with jays it is that Yaptouwn on the Hudson called New York
marriage men ifs
If man knew how women pass the time when they are alone, they'd never marry.
weather may climate
We may achieve climate, but weather is thrust upon us.
past men gloves
The most notable thing about Time is that it is so purely relative. A large amount of reminiscence is, by common consent, conceded to the drowning man; and it is not past belief that one may review an entire courtship while removing one's gloves.
choices doctrine habit
By nature and doctrines I am addicted to the habit of discovering choice places wherein to feed.
beautiful business simple
It was beautiful and simple, as truly great swindles are.
invisible ownership strands
She plucked from my lapel the invisible strand of lint (the universal act of woman to proclaim ownership).
san-francisco race people
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.