05/04/2014 20:01
Burdens are for shoulders strong enough to carry them.
“Sir," she said, "you are no gentleman!"
An apt observation,"he answered airily."And, you, Miss, are no lady.”
Death, taxes and childbirth! There's never any convenient time for any of them.
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.
Dear Scarlett! You aren't helpless. Anyone as selfish and determined as you are is never helpless.
You're so brutal to those who love you, Scarlett. You take their love and hold it over their heads like a whip.
Vanity was stronger than love at sixteen and there was no room in her hot heart now for anything but hate.
And apologies, once postponed, become harder and harder to make, and finally impossible.
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...
I've always had a weakness for lost causes once they're really lost.
No, my dear, I'm not in love with you, no more than you are with me, and if I were, you would be the last person I'd ever tell. God help the man who ever really loves you. You'd break his heart, my darling, cruel, destructive little cat who is so careless and confident she doesn't even trouble to sheathe her claws.
I wish I could care what you do or where you go but I can't... My dear, I don't give a damn.
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.
