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A good story is like a bitter pill, with the sugar coating inside of it.

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O. Henry
Age: 47 †
Born: 1862
Born: September 11
Died: 1910
Died: June 5
Journalist
Writer
Greensboro
North Carolina
William Sydney Porter
Olivier Henry
Oliver Henry
Inside
Story
Stories
Good
Coating
Like
Pill
Pills
Sugar
Bitter

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