For when Philippe, with his snapping eyes and his wild…

I won't think of it now. I can't stand it now. I'll think of it later.

— Margaret Mitchell

“She felt puzzled and ashamed, as always when people attributed to her emotions and motives they possessed and thought she shared.”

— Margaret Mitchell

All you have done is to be different from other women and you have made a little success of it. This is unforgivable sin…

— Margaret Mitchell

People must do what they must do. We all don't think alike or act alike and it's wrong to-to judge others by ourselves.

— Margaret Mitchell

“The husband is always the last to find out.”

— Margaret Mitchell

“He had never once crossed the borders of friendliness with her and, when she thought of this, fresh anger rose, the anger of hurt…

— Margaret Mitchell

“The very mystery of him excited her curiosity like a door that had neither lock nor key.”

— Margaret Mitchell

She was as forthright and simple as the winds that blew over Tara and the yellow river that wound around it.

— Margaret Mitchell

The way to get a man interested and to hold his interest was to talk about himself, and then gradually lead the conversation around…

— Margaret Mitchell

Her lips on his could tell him better than all her stumbling words.

— Margaret Mitchell

“There was a glow of grim pride in her usually gentle face, approbation and a fierce joy in her smile that equaled the fiery…

— Margaret Mitchell

And apologies, once postponed, become harder and harder to make, and finally impossible.

— Margaret Mitchell

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

— Margaret Mitchell

“I don't want any money for it," he said. "It's a gift." Scarlett's mouth dropped open. The line was so closely, so carefully drawn…

— Margaret Mitchell

“I do not want to marry you or anyone else. I am not a marrying man.”

— Margaret Mitchell