O Henry Quotes

“Inject a few raisins of conversation into the tasteless dough of existence”
― O. Henry, Selected Stories

“Maybe the hairs on my head were numbered" she went on with a sudden serious sweetness "but nobody could ever count my love for you".”
― O. Henry

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

“Art does not have to be dull, to be effective; the artist does not have to be a bore, to be real.”
― Burton Raffel, 41 Stories

“The leading lady had a large and saving sense of humor. But there is nothing that blunts the sense of humor more quickly than a few months of one-night stands. Even O. Henry could have seen nothing funny about that room.”
― Edna Ferber