Everybody's mainspring is different. And I want to say this - folks whose mainsprings are busted are better dead.

All you have done is to be different from other women and you have made a little success of it. This is unforgivable sin in any society. The mere fact that you have succeed to run the mill is an insult to everyman who hasn't succeed.

I can't go all my life waiting to catch you between husbands.

The green eyes in the carefully sweet face were turbulent, willful, lusty with life, distinctly at variance with her decorous demeanor. Her manners had been imposed upon her ... her eyes were her own.

Now you are beginning to think for yourself instead of letting others think for you. That’s the beginning of wisdom.

You should be kissed and by someone who knows how.

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.