Everybody's mainspring is different. And I want to say this - folks whose mainsprings are busted are better dead. Margaret Mitchell More Quotes by Margaret Mitchell More Quotes From Margaret Mitchell 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 Margaret Mitchell jailsorrywind Burdens are for shoulders strong enough to carry them. Margaret Mitchell burdenstrongenough [T]he merciful adjustment which nature makes when what cannot be cured must be endured. Margaret Mitchell adjustmentmerciful The happiest days are when babies come. Margaret Mitchell baby men are so conceited they’ll believe anything that flatters them Margaret Mitchell conceitedmenbelieve I'll think of it tomorrow, at Tara. I can stand it then. Tomorrow, I'll think of some way to get him back. After all, tomorrow is another day. Margaret Mitchell another-daywaythinking It was better to know the worst than to wonder. Margaret Mitchell worstwonderknowledge Land is the only thing in the world that amounts to anything, for 'Tis the only thing in this world that lasts, 'Tis the only thing worth working for, worth fighting for - worth dying for. Margaret Mitchell fightinglanddying It was not often that she was alone like this and she did not like it. When she was alone she had to think and, these days, thoughts were not so pleasant. Margaret Mitchell pleasantthese-daysthinking And apologies, once postponed, become harder and harder to make, and finally impossible. Margaret Mitchell harderapologyimpossible If I said I was madly in love with you, I'd be lying and what's more, you'd know it. Margaret Mitchell love-youwindlying All she wanted was a breathing space in which to hurt. Margaret Mitchell breathing-spacehurtwanted I loved something I made up, something that's just as dead as Melly is. I made a pretty suit of clothes and fell in love with it. And when Ashley came riding along, so handsome, so different, I put that suit on him and made him wear it whether it fitted him or not. And I wouldn't see what he really was. I kept on loving the pretty clothes—and not him at all. Margaret Mitchell ridingclothesdifferent 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 judgingpeoplethinking How closely women clutch the very chains that bind them! Margaret Mitchell clutchchains-that-bindchains Scarlett O'Hara was not beautiful, but men seldom realized it when caught by her charm as the Tarleton twins were. Margaret Mitchell beautifulbeautymen They were always like two people talking to each other in different languages. But she loved him so much, when he withdrew as he had now done, it was like the warm sun going down and leaving her in chilly twilight dews. Margaret Mitchell twilighttalkingtwo It had been so long since she had seen him and she had lived on memories until they were worn thin. Margaret Mitchell wornmemorieslong I do not write with ease, nor am I ever pleased with anything I write. And so I rewrite. Margaret Mitchell easewriting The whole world can't lick us but we can lick ourselves by longing too hard for things we haven't got any more - and by remembering too much. Margaret Mitchell too-muchrememberworld
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