Quotes by Margaret Mitchell

“Death and taxes and childbirth! Theres never any convenient time for any of them”

“I was never one to patiently pick up broken fragments and glue them together again and tell myself that the mended whole was as good as new. What is broken is broken - and Id rather remember it as it was at its best than mend it and see the broken places as long as I lived.”

“Until you lose your reputation, you never realize what a burden it was or what freedom really is.”

“My pet, the world can forgive practically anything except people who mind their own business”

“I want peace. I want to see if somewhere there isnt something left in life of charm and grace.”

“Lifes under no obligation to give us what we expect.”

“There aint nothing from the outside that can lick any of us.”

“My dear, I dont give a damn.”

“What most people dont seem to realize is that there is just as much money to be made out of the wreckage of a civilization as from the up-building of one.”

“Until youve lost your reputation, you never realize what a burden it was.”

“Im tired of saying, How wonderful you are! to fool men who havent got one-half the sense Ive got, and Im tired of pretending I dont know anything, so men can tell me things and feel important while theyre doing it.”

“The south produced statesmen and soldiers, planters and doctors and lawyers and poets, but certainly no engineers and mechanics. Let Yankees adopt such low callings.”

“After all, tomorrow is another day.”

“[With renowned charm, Savannah remains the] gently mannered city by the sea, ... Rhett Butler.”

“Fighting is like champagne. It goes to the heads of cowards as quickly as of heroes. Any fool can be brave on a battlefield when its be brave or else be killed.”

“[The house Rhett Butler built for Scarlett] could have been in Omaha so little does it resemble any dwelling in the Atlanta of the Reconstruction period.”

“There are proposals where there is little or no evidence available from the executive to support the assertion that the reforms proposed will safeguard the interests of children and support stable families.”

“The-18 month period is a compromise between the feeling that two years is a little bit too long for non-contested cases and that one year seems a little bit short to reflect on matters properly.”

“I just cant imagine what its going to be like without him. Weve been together a long time.”

“With enough courage, you can do without a reputation.”