“When things are at their worst, Scarlett, the only thing to do is find something to laugh about. It keeps you sane… and it stops your teeth chattering from fear.” — Alexandra Ripley Copy Share Image
“Happy is the best way to be because then you can let other people be happy, too. Their own way.” — Alexandra Ripley Copy Share Image
To anyone with a drop of Irish blood in them the land they live on is like their mother. It's the only thing that… — Alexandra Ripley Copy Share Image
“I’m going to make a world for myself by my rules, not anybody else’s. Don’t worry about me. I’m going to learn to be… — Alexandra Ripley Copy Share Image
“What a waste! What a horrible, senseless waste. When happiness was so wonderful, how could anyone cling to a love that made them unhappy?” — Alexandra Ripley Copy Share Image
“No woman can be truly beautiful who is not, also sometimes, truly ugly.” — Alexandra Ripley Copy Share Image
You belong with me, Scarlett, haven't you figured that out? And the world is where we belong, all of it. We're not home-and-hearth people.… — Alexandra Ripley Copy Share Image
“What gives people whose whole life is a lie the right to judge me?” — Alexandra Ripley Copy Share Image
But you know who you are when you're on your own out there in all that emptiness. There's no past, no holding on to… — Alexandra Ripley Copy Share Image
