"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."

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Source : Four Million (1906) "Gift of the Magi"

O. Henry

#Life Quotes #Reflection Quotes #Littles Quotes

“Smoke that herb and clear your mind.”
“Guy Ritchie, he thinks going to drama school is the worst thing in the world.”
“There are two levels of vampirism: one is the regular vampire, which is just like it has always been; and then there's the super vampires, which are a new breed we've created.”
“If you wish to achieve worthwhile things in your personal and career life, you must become a worthwhile person in your own self-development.”
“If you are losing your leisure, look out! You are losing your soul.”
“Everything is a meaningless struggle against nothing and when people say that the world has become a better place that is a false development-optimism. Nothing exists which ever becomes better. Everything stays the same. Somehow, there is nothing. That is so sad. Nothing to come to. Everything is an illusion. A very sweet illusion.”

Source : Source: sturm-lie.be
“Is it not astonishing that the love of repose keeps us in continual agitation?”
“When you cut human beings down to size, we're really quite simple creatures; food, shelter, warmth, light, heat and you build it up from there really until you finally go Gucci shoes or whatever it is or whatever your consumer desires are. All those desires are ultimately, they're about gratification.”

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