She knew she had changed too, but not as they had changed, and it puzzled her. She sat and watched them and she felt herself an alien among them, as alien and lonely as if she had come from another wo...
She married Frank Kennedy two weeks later after a whirlwind courtship which she blushingly told him left her too breathless to oppose his ardor any longer.
She thinks I'm a hussy,' thought Scarlett. 'And perhaps she's right at that!
She thought: They both see the truth of this war, but Ashley is willing to die about it and Rhett isn’t. I think that shows Rhett’s good sense.
She was as forthright and simple as the winds that blew over Tara and the yellow river that wound around it.
She whispered Yes before she even thought.
Somehow the bright beauty had gone from April afternoon and from her heart as well and the sad sweetness of remembering was as bitter as gall.
Somewhere, on the long road that wound through those four years, the girl with her sachet & dancing slippers had slipped away & there was left a woman with sharp green eyes, who counted pennies & turn...
Supposed I don't want to redeem myself? Why should I fight to uphold the system that cast me out? I shall take pleasure in seeing it smashed.
The O’Haras were a clannish tribe, clinging to one another in prosperity as well as in adversity, not for any overweening family affection but because they had learned through grim years that to survi...
The cause didn't seem sacred to her. The war did not seem to be holy affair.
Then he hadthought it all beyond her mental grasp and it had been pleasant toexplain things to her. Now he saw that she understood entirely toowell and he felt the usual masculine indignation at the d...
Then he had thought it all beyond her mental grasp and it had been pleasant to explain things to her. Now he saw that she understood entirely too well and he felt the usual masculine indignation at th...
Vi amo, Rossella, perché ci somigliamo tanto; rinnegati, tutti e due, e profondamente egoisti. A nessuno di noi due importa che il mondo vada in rovina, purché noi ci salviamo.
Well--you know how the Wilkes are. They are kind of queer about music and books and scenery. Mother says it's because their grandfather came from Virginia. She says Virginians set quite a store by suc...
With a heart that was heavy and a little bitter, she said: You’ve been such a fool, Ashley. Why couldn’t you see that she was worth a million of me?
Yankees in Georgia! How did they ever get in?
Yes, I’m sorry for you — sorry to see you throwing away happiness with both hands and reaching out for something that would never make you happy. I’m sorry because you are such a fool you don’t know t...
Yes, life has a glitter now-of a sort. That’s what’s wrong with it. The old days had no glitter but they had a charm, a beauty, a slow-paced glamour.
Yes, life was very sweet and cosy with Scarlett - as long as she had her own way
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