I do not write with ease, nor am I ever pleased with anything I write. And so I rewrite.

A new baby! Why, Scarlett, this is a surprise!” he laughed, leaning down to push the blanket away from Ella Lorena's small ugly face." - Rhett Butler

Life's under no obligation to give us what we expect. We take what we get and are thankful it's no worse than it is.

I want peace. I want to see if somewhere there isn't something left in life of charm and grace.

Times were so hard it was difficult to feed and lodge humans, much less animals.

Babies, babies, babies. Why did God make so many babies? But no, God didn't make them. Stupid people made them.

Make up your mind to this. If you are different, you are isolated, not only from people of your own age but from those of your parents' generation and from your children's generation too. They'll never understand you and they'll be shocked no matter what you do. But your grandparents would probably be proud of you and say: 'Theres a chip off the old block,' and your grandchildren will sigh enviously and say: 'What an old rip Grandma must have been!' and they'll try to be like you.