I won't think of it now. I can't stand it now. I'll think of it later. Margaret Mitchell More Quotes by Margaret Mitchell More Quotes From Margaret Mitchell The world can forgive practically anything except people who mind their own business. Margaret Mitchell forgiving business people I want peace. I want to see if somewhere there isn't something left in life of charm and grace. Margaret Mitchell charm grace want No, my dear, I'm not in love with you, no more than you are with me, and if I were, you would be the last person I'd ever tell. God help the man who ever really loves you. You'd break his heart, my darling, cruel, destructive little cat who is so careless and confident she doesn't even trouble to sheathe her claws. Margaret Mitchell cat love-you heart Say you’ll marry me when I come back or, before God, I won’t go. I’ll stay around here and play a guitar under your window every night and sing at the top of my voice and compromise you, so you’ll have to marry me to save your reputation. Margaret Mitchell guitar play night Like most girls, her imagination carried her just as far as the altar and no further. Margaret Mitchell altars girl imagination And if we folks have a motto, it's this: 'Don't holler - smile and bide your time.' We've survived a passel of things that way, smiling and biding our time, and we've gotten to be experts at surviving. Margaret Mitchell motto experts way But Rhett, you mustn't bring me anything else so expensive. It's awfully kind of you, but I really couldn't accept anything else." "Indeed? Well, I shall bring you presents so long as it pleases me and so long as I see things that will enhance your charms. I shall bring you dark-green watered silk for a frock to match the bonnet. And I warn you that I am not kind. I am tempting you with bonnets and bangles and leading you into a pit. Always remember I never do anything without reason and I never give anything without expecting something in return. I always get paid. Margaret Mitchell expecting-something-in-return please-me dark He made her play and she had almost forgotten how. Life had been so serious and so bitter. He knew how to play and swept her along with him. Margaret Mitchell bitter serious play All really nice girls wonder when men don't try to kiss them. They know they shouldn't want them to and they know they must act insulted if they do, but just the same, they wish the men would try. Margaret Mitchell kissing nice girl you can go to the Devil and not at your leisure. You can go now, for all I care.' 'My pet, I've been to the Devil and he's a very dull fellow. I won't go there again, not even for you. Margaret Mitchell devil care pet I'd cut up my heart for you to wear if you wanted it. Margaret Mitchell cutting heart romantic I bare my soul and you are suspicious! No, Scarlett, this is a bona fide honorable declaration. I admit that it's not in the best of taste, coming at this time, but I have a very good excuse for my lack of breeding. I'm going away tomorrow for a long time and I fear that if I wait till I return you'll have married some one else with a little money. So I thought, why not me and my money? Really, Scarlett, I can't go all my life waiting to catch you between husbands. Margaret Mitchell husband waiting long The Irish are the damnedest race. They put so much emphasis on so many wrong things. Margaret Mitchell emphasis wrong-things race Yes, as Rhett had prophesied, marriage could be a lot of fun. Not only was it fun but she was learning many things. That was odd in itself, because Scarlett had thought life could teach her no more. Now she felt like a child, every day on the brink of a new discovery. Margaret Mitchell discovery fun children You should be kissed and by someone who knows how. Margaret Mitchell best-love kissing romantic Sir,"she said,"you are no gentleman!" An apt observation,"he answered airily."And, you, Miss, are no lady. Margaret Mitchell gentleman missing said It's a curse - this not wanting to look on naked realities. Until the war, life was never more real to me than a shadow show on a curtain. And I preferred it so. I do not like the outlines of things to be too sharp. I like them gently blurred, a little hazy. Margaret Mitchell shadow real war It's not because I've -what is the phrase? -'swept you off your feet' by my -er- ardor? Margaret Mitchell ardor phrases feet These three ladies disliked and distrusted one another as heartily as the First Triumvirate of Rome, and their close alliance was probably for the same reason. Margaret Mitchell alliances rome three Hunger gnawed at her empty stomach again and she said aloud: 'As God is my witness, and God is my witness, the Yankees aren't going to lick me. I'm going to live through this, and when it's over, I'm never going to be hungry again. No, nor any of my folks. If I have to steal or kill - as God is my witness, I'm never going to be hungry again. Margaret Mitchell hunger stealing yankees
