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

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

Why will people persist in reading strange meanings into the simplest of story? Is it not enough that a writer can entertain for a few hours with narrative without being suspected of 'significances' or symbolism or 'social trends'?

Dear Scarlett! You aren't helpless. Anyone as selfish and determined as you are is never helpless. God help the Yankees if they should get you." -Rhett Butler

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

Practically everybody is suing everybody else these days.

They knew that love snatched in the face of danger and death was doubly sweet for the strange excitement that went with it.