It doesnโt matter who you marry, as long as he thinks like you and is a gentleman and a Southerner and prideful. For a woman, love comes after marriage.โ โOh, Pa, thatโs such an Old Country notion!โ โAnd a good notion it is! All this American business of running around marrying for love, like servants, like Yankees! The best marriages are when the parents choose for the girl. For how can a silly piece like yourself tell a good man from a scoundrel?
Margaret MitchellHush," he said. "I am asking you to marry me. Would you be convinced if I knelt down?
Margaret MitchellI'm tired of saying "How wonderful you are!" to fool men, who haven't got one half sense I've got.
Margaret Mitchell