Occupation: Writer Birth: September 11, 1862 Death: June 5, 1910
Bolivar cannot carry double.
All great men have declared that they owe their sucess to the aid and encouragement of some brilliant woman..
Those whom we first love we seldom marry.
You can't appreciate home till you've left it, money till it's spent, your wife till she's joined a woman's club, nor Old Glory till you see it hangi….
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..
Most wonderful of all are words, and how they make friends one with another..
Except in streetcars one should never be unnecessarily rude to a lady..
But how is it now? All we get is orders; and the laws go out of the state. Them legislators set up there at Austin and don't do nothing but makes law….
A straw vote only shows which way the hot air blows..
When a man begins to be hilarious in a sorrowful way you can bet a million that he is dyeing his hair..
Perhaps there is no happiness in life so perfect as the martyr's..
It was beautiful and simple, as truly great swindles are..
We can't buy one minute of time with cash; if we could, rich people would live longer..
What else can you expect from a town thats shut off from the world by the ocean on one side and New Jersey on the other?.
There was clearly nothing to do but flop down on the shabby little couch and howl..
If a person has lived through war, poverty and love, he has lived a full life.
Life is made up of sobs, sniffles, and smiles, with sniffles predominating..
A good story is like a bitter pill, with the sugar coating inside of it..
No friendship is an accident..
Write what you like; there is no other rule..
The true adventurer goes forth aimless and uncalculating to meet and greet unknown fate..