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- “It brings up happy old days when I was only a farmer and not an agriculturist.”O. Henry
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- “תחבולה מקובלת, שנועדה לוודא שסיפורך ייקרא, היא לטעון שהוא אמיתי, ואז להוסיף ש'המציאות עולה על כל בדיון.'”O. Henry
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- “Anything that confirms for me the transitory nature of reality isn't bad. It's a good lesson in human hubris.”Richard Linklater
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Books by O. Henry
Waifs and Strays
1917
Roads of destiny
1909
The trimmed lamp, and other stories of the four million
1907
The Four Million
1906
Cabbages and Kings
1904