Death and taxes and childbirth. There's never any convenient time for any of them.

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.

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

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.

We hear rumors of a man who leads a rebellion in the forest, determined to drive the invader out. It's said wherever wolf howls or hawk cries, he appears.

n order to capture someone's attention, you must allow them to have the mental and emotional space to let you in.

Begin to take the initiative when you want to meet someone new. Be the one who steps forward first. Simply say hello and begin a conversation.

Oh, a bookshop. Why not pop in and buy a little Kant? And perhaps just a quarter-pound of Kafka. Don't bother to wrap it, thanks. I'll eat it here.

The essence of the modern state is the union of the universal with the full freedom of the particular, and with the welfare of individuals.

Don't write outlines; I hate outlines.

Madame Aubain's servant Felicite was the envy of the ladies of Pont-l'Eveque for half a century.

I managed to take a family trip to the Bahamas and it was quite lovely.

Something changed. Somewhere along the line you stopped accelerating.

All we have to face in the future is what has happened in the past. It is unbearable.