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

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Write what you like; there is no other rule.

Write what you like; there is no other rule.

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...

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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...

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

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

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.

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.

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...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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...

Grace isn't a little prayer you chant before receiving a meal. It's a way to...

Grace isn't a little prayer you chant before receiving a meal. It's a way to...

To speak gratitude is courteous and pleasant, to enact gratitude is generous and noble, but...

To speak gratitude is courteous and pleasant, to enact gratitude is generous and noble, but...

It is literally true, as the thankless say, that they have nothing to be thankful...

It is literally true, as the thankless say, that they have nothing to be thankful...