Author of quotes: Margaret Mitchell. Page 1

It is not that they lost money, my cat. The fact that they lost their world - a world in which I grew up. They are a fish out of water, or a cat, which cut their paws. They were raised to become people of a certain type, to perform certain duties, to occupy a certain place in society. And this type of people, these responsibilities, this society disappeared forever when General Lee approached Appomattox.

She allowed herself the luxury, which had long dreamed of, the luxury to do what you want, and send to hell all who don't like it.

They are about what not to say, thought Scarlett. - About anything except the war. All of this war. And they are not to talk about anything but war. No, until death will not.

Dear miss Melly, it's always a great honor and pleasure to be in your house for you - and like you ladies - it's our soul, all we have left. We, men, took away the best years of our lives, young women, carefree laughter. Our health undermined, traditions uprooted, and our entire way of life upside-down. Our prosperity came to an end, we dropped fifty years ago, and on the shoulders of our boys who now would have to go to school and our elderly, which is now to NAP in the sun, shouldered a heavy burden. But we are reborn, because there are people among us such souls as you. And yet among us there are people, everything else the Yankees can pick up!

They all had skinny wallet, family pride, and the ability to survive in the toughest conditions.

The eyes were too large for the narrow face, while lying underneath the shade made them at all is huge, but the expression remained the same as in the days of careless girlhood. Neither the war nor the constant trouble and hard work have not destroyed the soft serenity of her gaze. They were the eyes of a happy woman, woman, over whose head the storms can slip without affecting the tranquility of the soul.

You heartless creature, Scarlett, but perhaps that's the charm.

They burn you, she thought, and lay in ruins. But to erase you from the face of the earth, they could not. No, I couldn't. And you will rise again, the same broad and elegant as it once was!

No, I do not want to go to him to beg for him. I'm going as the Queen of handing out favors.

Because we are nothing here keeps.
Nothing in a level voice he said, - nothing except honor.

You can't understand me because you don't know fear. You have the heart of a lion, you have absolutely no imagination, and I envy you. You are not afraid of meeting with the reality, and you won't run away from it as I do.

- Fast - not very nice, ' he said. I know because I was starving, but I'm not afraid of hunger. I'm afraid of life, devoid of slow beauty of our world, which no longer exists.

I'm not fit to live in this world, and the world I belonged in has gone.

At least, though we saw Gotterdammerung - curious, although not very nice.
- See what?
- Twilight of the gods. Unfortunately, we southerners believed themselves to be gods after all.