So you could not love me? That is as I hoped. For while I like you immensely, I do not love you and it would be tragic indeed for you to suffer twice from unrequited love, wouldn't it, dear?
Sir, she said, you are no gentleman!
She was constitutionally unable to endure any man being in love with any woman not herself, and the sight of India Wilkes and Stuart at the speaking had been too much for her predatory nature.
She only did—did what she felt she had to do. And our men did what they felt they had to do. People must do what they must do. We don’t all think alike or act alike and it’s wrong to—to judge others b...
She hasn't your strength. She's never had any strength. She's never had anything but heart.
Peace had failed her and Ashley had failed her, both in the same day, and it was as if the last crevice in the shell had been sealed, the final layer hardened. She had
Oh, what a mess life was! Why had she been such an idiot as to marry Charles of all people and have her life end at sixteen?
Now she could look back down the long years and see herself in green flowered dimity, standing in the sunshine at Tara, thrilled by the young horseman with his blond hair shining like a silver helmet....
I'd cut up my heart for you to wear if you wanted it.
He doesn't want your mind, the fool, and I don't want your body. I can buy women cheap. But I do want your mind and your heart, and I'll never have them, any more than you'll ever have Ashley's mind....
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
تكسو وجهه تعاسة صامته، تعاسة إنسان سيق لمواجهة الحقائق، عندما تكون الحقائق كسكرات الموت.
Men are so conceited they’ll believe anything that flatters them
And the most insane gossip tortured the town
You're like the thief who isn't the least bit sorry he stole, but is terribly, terribly sorry he's going to jail. - Rhett Butler
Tuijottaessaan Williin hämärässä hallissa Ashley mietti, ettei hän kenessäkään ollut kohdannut sen veroista sankaruutta kuin Scarlett O'Harassa, joka läksi valloittamaan maailmaa äitinsä samettisissa...
The very mystery of him excited her curiosity like a door that had neither lock nor key.
So I have. Let me hold the baby, Scarlett. Oh, I know how to hold babies. I have many strange accomplishments. Well, he certainly looks like Frank. All except the whiskers, but give him time.I hope no...
Sir,she said,you are no gentleman!An apt observation,he answered airily.And, you, Miss, are no lady.
She was going to rush into life and wrest from it what she could.