Quotes by Margaret Mitchell

“Suddenly she felt strong and happy. She was not afraid of the darkness or the fog and she knew with a singing in her heart that she would never fear them again. No matter what mists might curl around her in the future, she knew her refuge. She started briskly up the street toward home and the blocks seemed very long. Far, far too long. She caught up her skirts to her knees and began to run lightly. But this time she was not running from fear. She was running because Rhetts arms were at the end of the street.”

“She was darkness and he was darkness and there had never been anything before this time, only darkness and his lips upon her. She tried to speak and his mouth was over hers again. Suddenly she had a wild thrill such as she had never known; joy, fear, madness, excitement, surrender to arms that were too strong, lips too bruising, fate that moved too fast.”

“Child, its a very bad thing for a woman to face the worst that can happen to her, because after shes faced the worst she cant ever really fear anything again. ...Scarlett, always save something to fear— even as you save something to love...”

“Did it ever occur to you that I loved you as much as a man can love a woman? Loved you for years before I finally got you? During the war Id go away and try to forget you, but I couldnt and I always had to come back. After the war I risked arrest, just to come back and find you. I cared so much I believe I would have killed Frank Kennedy if he hadnt died when he did. I loved you but I couldnt let you know it. Youre so brutal to those who love you, Scarlett. You take their love and hold it over their heads like a whip.”

“I bare my soul and you are suspicious! No, Scarlett, this is a bona fide honorable declaration. I admit that its not in the best of taste, coming at this time, but I have a very good excuse for my lack of breeding. Im going away tomorrow for a long time and I fear that if I wait till I return youll have married some one else with a little money. So I thought, why not me and my money? Really, Scarlett, I cant go all my life waiting to catch you between husbands. ”