O. Henry Quotes
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Bride knoweth bride at the glance of an eye. And between them swiftly passes comfort and meaning in a language that man and widows wot not of.
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Perhaps there is no happiness in life so perfect as the martyr's.
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What else can you expect from a town thats shut off from the world by the ocean on one side and New Jersey on the other?
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[A]ll of life, as we know it, moves in little, unavailing circles. More justly than to anything else, it can be likened to the game of baseball. Crack! we hit the ball, and away we go. If we earn a run (in life we call it success) we get back to the home plate and sit upon a bench. If we are thrown out, we walk back to the home plate -- and sit upon a bench.
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Of habit, the power that keeps the earth from flying to pieces; though there is some silly theory of gravitation.
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Kerner's father was worth a couple of millions. He was willing to stand for art, but he drew the line at the factory girl. So Kerner disinherited his father and walked out to a cheap studio and lived on sausages for breakfast and on Farroni for dinner.
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If ever there was an aviary overstocked with jays it is that Yaptown-on-the-Hudson, called New York.
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A burglar who respects his art always takes his time before taking anything else.