Life is too short to work so hard.

I was sent successively to schools in France, Italy and Bavaria, and this erratic education was a great help afterwards.

On the road, they join the bedraggled remnants of a column of exhausted Confederate soldiers evacuating burning Atlanta. Rhett makes her take note of the scene: "Take a good look, my dear. It's a historic moment. You can tell your grandchildren how you watched the Old South disappear one night."

My parents were absolutely delighted that I knew what I wanted to do.

Scarlett tells Mammy: "I'm too young to be a widow." She weeps to her mother: "My life is over. Nothing will ever happen to me anymore." Her mother comforts her: "It's only natural to want to look young and be young when you are young."

I'm not young. What's wrong with that?

I am going to be a great actress.