The magi, as you know, were wise men wonderfully wise men who brought gifts to the Babe in the manger. They invented the art of giving Christmas presents. O. Henry More Quotes by O. Henry More Quotes From O. Henry The true adventurer goes forth aimless and uncalculating to meet and greet unknown fate. O. Henry fate-and-destinyfateadventure We can't buy one minute of time with cash; if we could, rich people would live longer. O. Henry richcashpeople It ain't the roads we take; it's what's inside of us that makes us turn out the way we do. O. Henry turnsway If a person has lived through war, poverty and love, he has lived a full life O. Henry povertyand-lovewar Fortune is a prize to be won. Adventure is the road to it. Chance is what may lurk in the shadows at the roadside. O. Henry shadowmayadventure Each of us, when our day's work is done, must seek our ideal, whether it be love or pinochle or lobster à la Newburg, or the sweet silence of the musty bookshelves. O. Henry silencesweetlobster No friendship is an accident. O. Henry funny-best-friendinspiringfriendship Inject a few raisins of conversation into the tasteless dough of existence. O. Henry doughcommunicationconversation There is one day that is ours. Thanksgiving Day is the one day that is purely American. O. Henry biscuitsthanksgivingone-day I've got some of my best yarns from park benches, lamp posts and newspaper stands. O. Henry yarnstorieswriting I'll give you the whole secret to short story writing. Here it is. Rule 1: Write stories that please yourself. There is no Rule 2. O. Henry secretwritinggiving A good story is like a bitter pill, with the sugar coating inside of it. O. Henry sugar-coatingpillsstories Life is made up of sobs, sniffles, and smiles, with sniffles predominating. O. Henry adversitypetlife You can't appreciate home till you've left it, money till it's spent, your wife till she's joined a woman's club, nor Old Glory till you see it hanging on a broomstick on the shanty of a consul in a foreign town. O. Henry old-gloryhomeappreciation It was beautiful and simple, as truly great swindles are. O. Henry businesssimplebeautiful Turn up the lights. I don't want to go home in the dark. O. Henry lightdarkhome To a woman nothing seems quite impossible to the powers of the man she worships. O. Henry worshipimpossiblemen 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 barsmushroomspeople Write what you like; there is no other rule. O. Henry writing All of us have to be prevaricators, hypocrites, and liars every day of our lives; otherwise the social structure would fall into pieces the first day. We must act in one another's presence just as we must wear clothes. It is for the best O. Henry hypocriteliarsfall
