Quote#Love
He wrote love stories, a thing I have always kept free from, holding…
Quote byO. Henry · 1862–1910
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: The Voice of the City (1908), "The Plutonian Fire".
English (original)
He wrote love stories, a thing I have always kept free from, holding the belief that the well-known and popular sentiment is not properly matter for publication, but something to be privately handled by the alienist and the florist.
— O. Henry
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