O. Henry: Quotes about time

O. Henry was American short story writer. Explore interesting quotes on time.
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“The most notable thing about Time is that it is so purely relative. A large amount of reminiscence is, by common consent, conceded to the drowning man; and it is not past belief that one may review an entire courtship while removing one's gloves.”

O. Henry

“In time truth and science and nature will adapt themselves to art. Things will happen logically, and the villain be discomfited instead of being elected to the board of directors. But in the meantime fiction must not only be divorced from fact, but must pay alimony and be awarded custody of the press despatches.”

O. Henry

"The Plutonian Fire"
The Voice of the City (1908)

“A burglar who respects his art always takes his time before taking anything else.”

O. Henry

“Makes the Whole World Kin,” Sixes and Sevens (1911)

“If man knew how women pass the time when they are alone, they’d never marry.”

O. Henry book The Four Million

"Memoirs of a Yellow Dog"
The Four Million (1906)