If I said I was madly in love with you, I'd be lying and what's more, you'd know it.

men are so conceited they’ll believe anything that flatters them

Practically everybody is suing everybody else these days.

You are a child if you thought I didn’t know, for all your smothering yourself under that hot lap robe. Of course, I knew. Why else do you think I’ve been—” He stopped suddenly and a silence fell between them. He picked up the reins and clucked to the horse.

She could not ignore life. She had to live it and it was too brutal, too hostile, for her even to try to gloss over its harshness with a smile

To Scarlett, there was something breath-taking about Ellen O'Hara, a miracle that lived in the house with her and awed her and charmed and soothed her.

Anyone as selfish and determined as you are is never helpless.