O. Henry Quotes About Giving

Quotes about: Giving

• I'll give you the whole secret to short story writing. Here it is. Rule 1: Write stories that please yourself. There is no Rule 2.

  O. Henry

  Writing, Giving, Secret

  O. Henry (1993). “Collected Stories of O. Henry”, Gramercy Books

• The magi, as you know, were wise men wonderfully wise men who brought gifts to the Babe in the manger. They invented the art of giving Christmas presents.

  O. Henry

  Christmas, Wise, Art

  O Henry (2014). “The Gift of the Magi and Other Christmas Stories”, p.8, Xist Publishing

• There is this difference between the grief of youth and that of old age; youth's burden is lightened by as much of it as another shares; old age may give and give, but the sorrow remains the same.

  O. Henry

  Grief, Grieving, Differences

  O. Henry (2015). “The Trimmed Lamp”, p.139, Booklassic

• It gives men courage and ambition and the nerve for anything. It has the colour of gold, is clear as a glass and shines after dark as if the sunshine were still in it.

  O. Henry

  Food, Ambition, Sunshine

• Take of London fog 30 parts; malaria 10 parts, gas leaks 20 parts, dewdrops gathered in a brickyard at sunrise 25 parts; odor of honeysuckle 15 parts. Mix. The mixture will give you an approximate conception of a Nashville drizzle.

  O. Henry

  Fog, Nashville, Giving

  O. Henry (1992). “The Gift of the Magi and Other Short Stories”, p.56, Courier Corporation

• I'll give you the sole secret of short-story writing, and here it is: Rule 1. Write stories that please yourself. There is no rule 2. The technical points you can get from Bliss Perry. If you can't write a story that pleases yourself, you will never please the public. But in writing the story forget the public.

  O. Henry

  Writing, Giving, Secret

• O all who give and receive gifts, such as they are wisest. Everywhere they are wisest. They are the magi.

  O. Henry

  Giving, Giving And Receiving, Wisest

  O. Henry (2014). “The Four Million: The Gift of the Magi and Other Short Stories”, p.20, First Avenue Editions

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