667 Quotes by O. Henry

She hadbecome so thoroughly annealed into his life that she was like theair he breathed--necessary but scarcely noticed.

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

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

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

Well, little old Noisyville-on-the Subway is good enough for me.

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

Oh, I know what to do when I see victuals coming toward me in little old Bagdad-on-the-Subway. I strike the asphalt three times with my forehead and get ready to spiel yarns for my supper.

There was a sylvan attitude of somnolent sleepiness pervading that section of the external outward surface of Alabama that lay exposed to my view.

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