Hush," he said. "I am asking you to marry me. Would you be convinced if I knelt down?

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.

I hate going through this when we just found..., " his voice trailed off."Found what?""Each other, " he finished, half-smiling.

Awareness is the fuel that powers change

And what do I know about humans? Only this: My name is Doloria Maria de la Cruz, and I'm not just the end of childhood. I'm the end of humanity. And if you come from the skies- I'm coming for you.

It is one thing to be gifted and quite another thing to be worthy of one's own gift.

The line between failure and success is so fine that we scarcely know when we pass it: so fine that we are often on the line and do not know it.

The families of Aboriginals who have died in custody in NSW will suffer again because of these white lies.

I love this idea of the body as a trauma archive!

I cannot afford to waste my time making money

Unfortunately, simplistic framing of problems leads to simplistic answers.

With the wind of tribulation God separates in the floor of the soul, the chaff from the corn.