It couldn't have happened anywhere but in little old New York.

Quote by O Henry

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

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

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

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

East is East, and West is San Francisco, according to Californians. Californians are a race...

East is East, and West is San Francisco, according to Californians. Californians are a race...

She plucked from my lapel the invisible strand of lint (the universal act of woman...

She plucked from my lapel the invisible strand of lint (the universal act of woman...

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

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

Love and business and family and religion and art and patriotism are nothing but shadows...

Love and business and family and religion and art and patriotism are nothing but shadows...

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

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

A straw vote only shows which way the hot air blows.

A straw vote only shows which way the hot air blows.

There is one day that is ours. There is one day when all we Americans...

There is one day that is ours. There is one day when all we Americans...

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

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

When one loves one's Art no service seems too hard.

When one loves one's Art no service seems too hard.

The true adventurer goes forth aimless and uncalculating to meet and greet unknown fate.

The true adventurer goes forth aimless and uncalculating to meet and greet unknown fate.

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

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

The true adventurer goes forth aimless and uncalculating to meet and greet unknown fate.

The true adventurer goes forth aimless and uncalculating to meet and greet unknown fate.

Whenever he saw a dollar in another man's hands he took it as a personal...

Whenever he saw a dollar in another man's hands he took it as a personal...

Write what you like; there is no other rule.

Write what you like; there is no other rule.

It brings up happy old days when I was only a farmer and not an...

It brings up happy old days when I was only a farmer and not an...

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

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

Bohemia is nothing more than the little country in which you do not live. If...

Bohemia is nothing more than the little country in which you do not live. If...

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

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