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21 quotes by O. Henry

William Sydney Porter (September 11, 1862 – June 5, 1910), known by his pen name O. Henry, was an American writer. O. Henry's short stories are known for their wit, wordplay, warm characterization, and clever twist endings.
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The true adventurer goes forth aimless and uncalculating to meet and greet unknown fate.

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

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Write what you like; there is no other rule.

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

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

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

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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.

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

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Inject a few raisins of conversation into the tasteless dough of existence.

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By rights you're a king. If I was you, I'd call for a new deal.

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Love and business and family and religion and art and patriotism are nothing but shadows of words when a man's starving!

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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.

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She plucked from my lapel the invisible strand of lint (the universal act of woman to proclaim ownership).

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