Love and large-hearted giving, when added together, can leave deep marks.It is never easy to cover these marks, dear friends — never easy. - O. Henry

Not very long ago some one invented the assertion that there were only "Four Hundred" people in New York City who were really worth noticing. But a wiser man has arisen — the census taker — and his larger estimate of human interest has been preferred in marking out the field of these little stories of the "Four Million."

Единственное, что тут можно было сделать, это хлопнуться на старенькую кушетку и зареветь. Именно так Делла и поступила. Откуда напрашивается философский вывод, что жизнь состоит из слез, вздохов и улыбок, причем вздохи преобладают.

East is East, and West is San Francisco, according to Californians. Californians are a race of people; they are not merely inhabitants of a State.