All she wanted was a breathing space in which to hurt.

You're so brutal to those who love you, Scarlett. You take their love and hold it over their heads like a whip.

Land is the only thing in the world that amounts to anything.

With enough courage, you can do without a reputation.

I can't make you understand because you don't know the meaning of fear. You have the heart of a lion and an utter lack of imagination and I envy you both of those qualities. You'll never mind facing realities and you'll never want to escape from them as I do.

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

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.