O. Henry Quotes

“expecting anything so fine and wonderful to be turning the corner upon me? I came near being found unworthy. Hard by," says he, "is a café, snug and suitable for the entertainment of idiosyncrasies. Let us go there and have drink while we discuss the unavailability of the categorical." So saying, he marched me and Tobin to the back room of a saloon, and ordered the drinks, and laid the money on the table. He looks at me and Tobin like brothers of his, and we have the segars.”
― O. Henry, O. Henry: Collected Works

“he had not been in Coralio long enough for his enthusiasm to cool in the heat of the tropics—a paradox that may be allowed between Cancer and Capricorn.”
― O. Henry, O. Henry: Collected Works

“We were in the main dining-room, and there was a fine-dressed crowd there, all talking loud and enjoyable about the two St. Louis topics, the water supply and the colour line. They mix the two subjects so fast that strangers often think they are discussing water-colours; and that has given the old town something of a rep as an art centre.”
― O. Henry, O. Henry: Collected Works

“Give me a cuckoo clock and a Sep Winner's Self-Instructor for the Banjo, and I'll join you.”
― O. Henry, O. Henry: Collected Works