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.
Margaret MitchellI do not write with ease, nor am I ever pleased with anything I write. And so I rewrite.
Margaret MitchellWhat is there to see in Europe? I'll bet those foreigners can't show us a thing we haven't got right here in Georgia.
Margaret MitchellI loved something I made up, something that's just as dead as Melly is. I made a pretty suit of clothes and fell in love with it. And when Ashley came riding along, so handsome, so different, I put that suit on him and made him wear it whether it fitted him or not. And I wouldn't see what he really was. I kept on loving the pretty clothesโand not him at all.
Margaret Mitchell