O. Henry Quotes About Made

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

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  Four Million (1906) "Gift of the Magi"

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• There is one day that is ours. There is one day when all we Americans who are not self-made go back to the old home to eat saleratus biscuits and marvel how much nearer to the porch the old pump looks than it used to. Thanksgiving Day is the one day that is purely American.

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  O. Henry, John Hollander, Miles Hyman (2005). “O. Henry”, p.36, Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.

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• 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.

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  O. Henry (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of O. Henry (Illustrated)”, p.131, Delphi Classics

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• There was clearly nothing to do but flop down on the shabby little couch and howl. So Della did it. Which instigates the moral reflection that life is made up of sobs, sniffles, and smiles, with sniffles predominating.

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  Four Million (1906) "Gift of the Magi"

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• He seemed to be made of sunshine and blood-red tissue and clear weather.

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  O. Henry (2016). “The Complete Works Of O. Henry”, p.675, ShandonPress

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