O. Henry

No friendship is an accident. ↗

— O. Henry

#friendship

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

— O. Henry

#made #smiles #up

I wanted to paint a picture some day that people would stand before and forget that it was made of paint. I wanted it to creep into them like a bar of music and mushroom there like a soft bullet. ↗

— O. Henry

#arts #bullets #music #paint #painting

She had become so thoroughly annealed into his life that she was like the air he breathed--necessary but scarcely noticed. ↗

— O. Henry

#the-pendulum #wife #life

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

— O. Henry

#happened #little #new #new york #old

Pull up the shades so I can see New York. I don't want to go home in the dark. ↗

— O. Henry

#new-york-city

Greenwich Village... the village of low rents and high arts. ↗

— O. Henry

#art

If a person has lived through war, poverty and love, he has lived a full life ↗

— O. Henry

#love

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

— O. Henry

#how #knew #man #marry #never

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

— O. Henry

#blows #hot #only #shows #straw