She hasn't your strength. She's never had any strength. She's never had anything but heart.

There'll always be wars because men love wars. Women don't, but men do.

I wonder if anyone but me realizes what goes on in that head back of your deceptively sweet face.

You should be kissed and by someone who knows how.

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.

All wars are sacred to those who have to fight them. If the people who started wars didn't make them sacred, who would be foolish enough to fight?

In the end what will happen will be what has happened whenever a civilization breaks up. The people who have brains and courage come through and the ones who haven't are winnowed out.