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

Take my handkerchief, Scarlett. Never, at any crisis of your life, have I known you to have a handkerchief.

Scarlett O'Hara was not beautiful, but men seldom realized it when caught by her charm as the Tarleton twins were.

Vanity was stronger than love at sixteen and there was no room in her hot heart now for anything but hate.

Dear Scarlett! You aren't helpless. Anyone as selfish and determined as you are is never helpless. God help the Yankees if they should get you." -Rhett Butler

Scarlett, always save something to fear—even as you save something to love.

Until you've lost your reputation, you never realize what a burden it was.

Every problem has two handles. You can grab it by the handle of fear or the handle of hope.

The usual masculine dissillusionment is discovering that a woman has a brain

Life's under no obligation to give us what we expect.

I'd cut up my heart for you to wear if you wanted it.

To confront death every day, to see it yourself, you have to love the living.

There is no need for a long, persuasive introduction about self-confidence. If you are not a confident person, you already know it.

He does not need opium. He has the gift of reverie.

It's a great tragedy when the Bible is interpreted by those who are not in love.

How did you explain a thing it had not occurred to you to question? A thing you just knew, clear through to your soul?

Color contributes to beauty, but it is not beauty. Color should have a minor part in the consideration of beauty, because it is not color but the structure that constitutes its essence.

I don't think I've ever had a woman yell that at me, but women have yelled mean things at me as well.

The heart is willing, the head is willing but the body's had enough.

Over the years, confusing fragments, lost corners of stories, have a clearer meaning when seen in a new light, a different place.

The words: never, can't, quit, and fail, are not in my vocabulary.