I wanted to paint a picture some day that people would stand before an…

O. Henry
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I wanted to paint a picture some day that people would stand before and forget that it was made of paint. I wanted it to creep into them like a bar of music and mushroom there like a soft bullet. ✨ O. Henry (2013). Delphi Complete Works of O. Henry (Illustrated), p.131, Delphi Classics
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I wanted to paint a picture some day that people would stand before and forget that it was made of paint. I wanted it to creep into them like a bar of music and mushroom there like a soft bullet. ✨ O. Henry (2013). Delphi Complete Works of O. Henry (Illustrated), p.131, Delphi Classics

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