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Quotes from The Four Million — O. Henry

1862–1910 United States

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

The Four Million (1906)

One dollar and eighty-seven cents. And the next day would be Christmas.

The Four Million (1906)

The true adventurer goes forth aimless and uncalculating to meet and greet unknown fate. A fine example was the Prodigal Son—when he started back home.

The Four Million (1906)

Not very long ago some one invented the assertion that there were only "Four Hundred" people in New York City who were really worth noticing. But a wiser man has arisen — the census taker — and his larger estimate of human interest has been preferred in marking out the field of these little stories of the "Four Million."

The Four Million (1906)

But in a last word to the wise of these days let it be said that of all who give gifts these two were the wisest. Of all who give and receive gifts, such as they are wisest. Everywhere they are wisest. They are the magi.

The Four Million (1906)

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.

The Four Million (1906)

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: O. Henry (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.