Love and business and family and religion and art and patriotism are nothing but shadows of words when a man’s starving.
O. Henry (1862-1910) American short story writer [pseud. for William Sydney Porter]
“Cupid à la Carte,”
Heart of the West (1907)
Added on 5-Nov-15 | Last updated 13-Nov-15
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