Perhaps There Is No Happiness In Life

Fortune Is A Prize To Be Won. Adventure Is The Road To It. Chance Is What May Lurk In The Shadows At The Roadside.

But How Is It Now? All We Get Is Orders; And The Laws Go Out Of The State. Them Legislators Set Up There At Austin And Don't Do Nothing But Makes Laws Against Kerosene Oil And Schoolbooks Being Brought Into The State. I Reckon They Was Afraid Some Man Would Go Home Some Evening After Work And Light Up And Get An Education And Go To Work And Make Laws To Repeal Aforesaid Laws.

In The Big City A Man Will Disappear With The Suddenness And Completeness Of The Flame Of A Candle That Is Blown Out.

If You Live In An Atmosphere Of Luxury, Luxury Is Yours Whether Your Money Pays For It, Or Another's.

I'll Give You The Sole Secret Of Short-story Writing, And Here It Is: Rule 1. Write Stories That Please Yourself. There Is No Rule 2. The Technical Points You Can Get From Bliss Perry. If You Can't Write A Story That Pleases Yourself, You Will Never Please The Public. But In Writing The Story Forget The Public.