Brilliance is one part talent, two parts wisdom and three parts passion.

Crackers are short on sparkle.

She was as forthright and simple as the winds that blew over Tara and the yellow river that wound around it.

People must do what they must do. We all don't think alike or act alike and it's wrong to-to judge others by ourselves.

Hardships make or break people.

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.

It was hard to believe there was so much money in all this bitter and poverty-stricken world. So much money, so very much money, and someone else had it, someone who took it lightly and didn't need it.