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Child, it's a very bad thing for a woman to face the worst that can happen to her, because after she's faced the worst she can't ever really fear anything again. ...Scarlett, always save something to fear— even as you save something to love...

~ Margaret Mitchell

Margaret Mitchell Fear Love Relationship

Say you’ll marry me when I come back or, before God, I won’t go. I’ll stay around here and play a guitar under your window every night and sing at the top of my voice and compromise you, so you’ll have to marry me to save your reputation.

~ Margaret Mitchell

Margaret Mitchell Embarrassment Love Marriage Proposals Rhett Butler

Life's under no obligation to give us what we expect.

~ Margaret Mitchell

Margaret Mitchell Expectation Hope Life

After all, tomorrow is another day!

~ Margaret Mitchell

Margaret Mitchell Classic Life Literature

Hardships make or break people.

~ Margaret Mitchell

Margaret Mitchell Adversity Courage Life Perseverance

Perhaps - I want the old days back again and they'll never come back, and I am haunted by the memory of them and of the world falling about my ears.

~ Margaret Mitchell

Margaret Mitchell Life

Life was not easy, nor was it happy, but she did not expect life to be easy, and, if it was not happy, that was woman's lot. It was a man's world, and she accepted it as such. The man owned the property, and the woman managed it. The man took credit for the management, and the woman praised his cleverness. The man roared like a bull when a splinter was in his finger, and the woman muffled the moans of childbirth, lest she disturb him. Men were rough of speech and often drunk. Women ignored the lapses of speech and put the drunkards to bed without bitter words. Men were rude and outspoken, women were always kind, gracious and forgiving.

~ Margaret Mitchell

Margaret Mitchell Books Life Literature Men Scarlett O Hara Women

I'll think of it tomorrow, at Tara. I can stand it then. Tomorrow, I'll think of some way to get him back. After all, tomorrow is another day.

~ Margaret Mitchell

Margaret Mitchell Inspirational Procrastination

Her burdens were her own and burdens were for shoulders strong enough to bear them.

~ Margaret Mitchell

Margaret Mitchell Inspirational

Death, taxes and childbirth! There's never any convenient time for any of them.

~ Margaret Mitchell

Margaret Mitchell Childbirth Death Humor Taxes Truth

Yes, I want money more than anything else in the world.”“Then you’ve made the only choice. But there’s a penalty attached, as there is to most things you want. It’s loneliness.

~ Margaret Mitchell

Margaret Mitchell Truth

I bare my soul and you are suspicious! No, Scarlett, this is a bona fide honorable declaration. I admit that it's not in the best of taste, coming at this time, but I have a very good excuse for my lack of breeding. I'm going away tomorrow for a long time and I fear that if I wait till I return you'll have married some one else with a little money. So I thought, why not me and my money? Really, Scarlett, I can't go all my life waiting to catch you between husbands.

~ Margaret Mitchell

Margaret Mitchell Gone With The Wind Hurmor Margaret Mitchell Rhett Romance Scarlett

Suddenly she felt strong and happy. She was not afraid of the darkness or the fog and she knew with a singing in her heart that she would never fear them again. No matter what mists might curl around her in the future, she knew her refuge. She started briskly up the street toward home and the blocks seemed very long. Far, far too long. She caught up her skirts to her knees and began to run lightly. But this time she was not running from fear. She was running because Rhett's arms were at the end of the street.

~ Margaret Mitchell

Margaret Mitchell Fear Gone With The Wind Gone With The Wind Quotes Romance Romance Novels

Did it ever occur to you that I loved you as much as a man can love a woman? Loved you for years before I finally got you? During the war I'd go away and try to forget you, but I couldn't and I always had to come back. After the war I risked arrest, just to come back and find you. I cared so much I believe I would have killed Frank Kennedy if he hadn't died when he did. I loved you but I couldn't let you know it. You're so brutal to those who love you, Scarlett. You take their love and hold it over their heads like a whip.

~ Margaret Mitchell

Margaret Mitchell Romance

He would never be any different and now Scarlett realize the truth and accepted it without emotion—that until he died Gerald would always be waiting for Ellen, always listening for her. Her was in some dim borderline country where time was standing still and Ellen was always in the next room. The mainspring of his existence was taken away when she died and with it has gone his bounding assurance, his impudence and his restless vitality. Ellen was the audience before which the blustering drama of Gerald O'Hara had been played Now the curtain had been rung down forever, the footlights dimmed and the audience suddenly vanished, while the stunned old actor remained on his empty stage, waiting for his cues.

~ Margaret Mitchell

Margaret Mitchell Death

It was better to know the worst than to wonder.

~ Margaret Mitchell

Margaret Mitchell Knowledge

So I have. Let me hold the baby, Scarlett. Oh, I know how to hold babies. I have many strange accomplishments. Well, he certainly looks like Frank. All except the whiskers, but give him time.”“I hope not. It’s a girl.

~ Margaret Mitchell

Margaret Mitchell Funny

A new baby! Why, Scarlett, this is a surprise!” he laughed, leaning down to push the blanket away from Ella Lorena's small ugly face. - Rhett Butler

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Margaret Mitchell Funny Ironic

Scarlett, I don't know just when it was that the bleak realization came over me that my own private shadow show was over. Perhaps in the first five minutes at Bull Run when I saw the first man I killed drop to the ground. But I knew it was over and I could no longer be a spectator. No, I suddenly found myself on the curtain, an actor, posturing and making futile gestures. My little inner world was gone, invaded by people whose thoughts were not my thoughts, whose actions were as alien as a Hottentot's. They'd tramped through my world with slimy feet and there was no place left where I could take refuge when things became too bad to stand. When I was in prison, I thought: When the war is over, I can go back to the old life and the old dreams and watch the shadow show again. But, Scarlett, there's no going back. And this which is facing all of us now is worse than war and worse than prison—and, to me, worse than death.... So, you see, Scarlett, I'm being punished for being afraid.

~ Margaret Mitchell

Margaret Mitchell Ashley Wilkes Bull Run Fear War

These three ladies disliked and distrusted one another as heartily as the First Triumvirate of Rome, and their close alliance was probably for the same reason.

~ Margaret Mitchell

Margaret Mitchell Enemies Friendship

Melly is the only woman friend I ever had,” she thought forlornly, “the only woman except Mother who really loved me. She’s like Mother, too. Everyone who knew her has clung to her skirts.

~ Margaret Mitchell

Margaret Mitchell Friendship Grief Loss Love

All wars are sacred,” he said. “To those who have to fight them. If the people who started wars didn’t make them sacred, who would be foolish enough to fight? But, no matter what rallying cries the orators give to the idiots who fight, no matter what noble purposes they assign to wars, there is never but one reason for a war. And that is money. All wars are in reality money squabbles. But so few people ever realize it. Their ears are too full of bugles and drums and the fine words from stay-at-home orators. Sometimes the rallying cry is ’save the Tomb of Christ from the Heathen!’ Sometimes it’s ’down with Popery!’ and sometimes ‘Liberty!’ and sometimes ‘Cotton, Slavery and States’ Rights!

~ Margaret Mitchell

Margaret Mitchell Money War

There’ll always be wars because men love wars. Women don’t, but men do..

~ Margaret Mitchell

Margaret Mitchell War

Do I understand, sir, that you mean the Cause for which our heroes have died is not sacred?'If you were run over by a railroad train your death wouldn’t sanctify the railroad company, would it?' asked Rhett and his voice sounded as if he were humbly seeking information.

~ Margaret Mitchell

Margaret Mitchell Honour War

War and marriage and childbirth had passed over her without touching any deep chord within her and she was unchanged.

~ Margaret Mitchell

Margaret Mitchell Childbirth Feeling Gone With The Wind Marriage Scarlett O Hara War

I told you once before that there were two times for making big money, one in the up-building of a country and the other in its destruction. Slow money on the up-building, fast money in the crack-up. Remember my words. Perhaps they may be of use to you some day. (Rhett Butler)

~ Margaret Mitchell

Margaret Mitchell Destruction Gone With The Wind Margaret Mitchell Money Rhett Butler War

You're Ma's own blood son, but did she take on that time Tony Fontaine shot you in the leg? No, she just sent for old Doc Fontaine to dress it and asked the doctor what ailed Tony's aim. Said she guessed the licker was spoiling his marksmanship.

~ Margaret Mitchell

Margaret Mitchell Drama Humour

She thinks I'm a hussy,' thought Scarlett. 'And perhaps she's right at that!

~ Margaret Mitchell

Margaret Mitchell Humour

Why, why, her mind stuttered, I believe women could manage everything in the world without men’s help--except having babies, and God knows, no woman in her right mind would have babies if she could help it.

~ Margaret Mitchell

Margaret Mitchell Feminism Gone With The Wind Women

Ellen's life was not easy, nor was it happy, but she did not expect life to be easy, and, if it was not happy, that was woman's lot. It was a man's world, and she accepted it as such. The man owned the property, and the woman managed it. The man took credit for the management, and the woman praised his cleverness. The man roared like a bull when a splinter was in his finger, and the woman muffled the moans of childbirth, lest she disturb him. Men were rough of speech and often drunk. Women ignored the lapses of speech and put the drunkards to bed without bitter words. Men were rude and outspoken, women were always kind, gracious and forgiving.

~ Margaret Mitchell

Margaret Mitchell Humor Kindness Men Women

Why is it a girl has to be so silly to catch a husband?”“Ah specs it’s kase gempmums doan know whut dey wants. Dey jes’ knows whut dey thinks dey wants. An’ givin’ dem whut dey thinksdey wants saves a pile of mizry an’ bein’ a ole maid. An’ dey thinks dey wants mousy lil gals wid bird’s tastes an’ no sense atall. It doan make a gempmum feel lak mahyin’ a lady ef he suspicions she got mo’ sense dan he has.

~ Margaret Mitchell

Margaret Mitchell Husband Lady Marriage Men Women

In fact, the mothers of all her girl friends impressed on their daughters the necessity of being helpless, clinging, doe-eyed creatures. Really, it took alot of sense to cultivate and hold such a pose.

~ Margaret Mitchell

Margaret Mitchell Culture Helplessness Ladies Upbringing Women

But she knew that no matter what beauty lay behind, it must remain there. No one could go forward with a load of aching memories.

~ Margaret Mitchell

Margaret Mitchell Aching Beauty Memories Past

I wonder if anyone but me realizes what goes on in that head back of your deceptively sweet face.

~ Margaret Mitchell

Margaret Mitchell Femininity Intellect Intelligence

But how nice it would be to know that some good Yankee woman - And there must be SOME good Yankee women. I don’t care what people say, they can’t all be bad! How nice it would be to know that they pulled weeds off our men’s graves and brought flowers to them, even if they were enemies. If Charlie were dead in the North it would comfort me to know that someone - And I don’t care what you ladies think of me,” her voice broke again, “I will withdraw from both clubs and I’ll — I’ll pull up every weed off every Yankee’s grave I can find and I’ll plant flowers, too — and — I just dare anyone to stop me!

~ Margaret Mitchell

Margaret Mitchell Flowers Gone With The Wind Goodness Graves Humanity

I was right when I said I’d never look back. It hurts too much, it drags at your heart till you can’t ever do anything else except look back.

~ Margaret Mitchell

Margaret Mitchell Heart Nostalgia Pain

Don't you suppose men get surprised after they're married to findthat their wives do have sense?Well, it's too late den. Dey's already mahied.

~ Margaret Mitchell

Margaret Mitchell Marriage

Yes, as Rhett had prophesied, marriage could be a lot of fun. Not only was it fun but she was learning many things. That was odd in itself, because Scarlett had thought life could teach her no more. Now she felt like a child, every day on the brink of a new discovery.

~ Margaret Mitchell

Margaret Mitchell Love Marriage

Like most girls, her imagination carried her just as far as the altar and no further.

~ Margaret Mitchell

Margaret Mitchell Girls Imagination Marriage Wedding

With enough courage, you can do without a reputation.

~ Margaret Mitchell

Margaret Mitchell Courage Reputation
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