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Even if you think such things, why do you say them?" she scolded. "If you'd just think what you please but keep your mouth shut, everything would be so much nicer."
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Margaret Mitchell |
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Scarlett O'Hara wasn't pretty.
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epic
southern-literature
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Margaret Mitchell |
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In a weak moment I have written a book...
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Margaret Mitchell |
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She thinks I'm a hussy,' thought Scarlett. 'And perhaps she's right at that!
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Margaret Mitchell |
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You know I don't read novels,' she said and, trying to equal his jesting mood, went on: 'Besides, you once said it was the height of bad form for husbands and wives to love each other.' 'I once said too God damn many things,' he retorted abruptly and rose to his feet.
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Margaret Mitchell |
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Gerald's sharp blue eyes noticed how efficiently his neighbors' houses were run and with what ease the smooth-haired wives in rustling skirts managed their servants. He had no knowledge of the dawn-till-midnight activities of these women, chained to supervision of cooking, nursing, sewing and laundering. He only saw the outward results, and those results impressed him. The urgent need of a wife became clear to him one morning when he was dr..
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Margaret Mitchell |
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Voi Scarlett, sina olet huono valehtelemaan! Niin, elamassa on nyt loistoa - eraanlaista. Siinahan vika juuri onkin. Entisissa ajoissa ei ollut loistoa, mutta niissa oli suloa, kauneutta, hiljaista taikaa.
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Margaret Mitchell |
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As though she thought I was to blame for what happened," Scarlett thought indignantly."
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Margaret Mitchell |
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A startling thought this, that a woman could handle business matters as well as or better than a man, a revolutionary thought to Scarlett who had been reared in the tradition that men were omniscient and women none too bright. Of course, she had discovered that this was not altogether true but the pleasant fiction still stuck in her mind. Never before had she put this remarkable idea into words. She sat quite still, with the heavy book acro..
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Margaret Mitchell |
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Tuijottaessaan Williin hamarassa hallissa Ashley mietti, ettei han kenessakaan ollut kohdannut sen veroista sankaruutta kuin Scarlett O'Harassa, joka laksi valloittamaan maailmaa aitinsa samettisissa ikkunaverhoissa ja kukon pyrstosulka hatussaan.
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Margaret Mitchell |
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It's always annoying to the godly when the ungodly flourish like the green bay tree.
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Margaret Mitchell |
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Beloved," she whispered, "I am coming home to you."
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Margaret Mitchell |
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In the excitement of trying on dresses she had forgotten Mammy's ironclad rule that, before going to any party, the O'Hara girls must be crammed so full of food at home they would be unable to eat any refreshments at the party.
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Margaret Mitchell |
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Notkolle painunut sohva, jolla he istuivat, suuri, korkea kirjoituspoyta ja aidin hauras, leikkauksilla koristettu tuoli sen edessa, hylly, jonka lokerot olivat viela taynna hanen hienolla kasialallaan kirjoitettuja papereita, kulunut matto - kaikki, kaikki oli samanlaista kuin ennen, vain Ellen puuttui, Ellen ja hanen vieno sitruunan ja rautayrtin tuoksunsa ja vinojen silmiensa hella katse. Scarlett tunsi tuskan vihlaisevan sydantaan, niin..
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Margaret Mitchell |
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Levatessaan siina paa painettuna Mammyn rintaa vasten Scarlett hatkahti naita kahta sanaa: raskas taakka. Nama samat sanat olivat surisseet hanen aivoissaan yhta mittaa koko iltapaivan. Nyt han muisti koko laulun, ja se painoi hanen mielensa yha murheellisemmaksi. Viela muutaman paivan kun jaksamme taakkaa kantaa / tuosta viis vaikk'ei koskaan se kevenisikaan! / Viela muutaman paivan kun astumme maantien santaa - "Tuosta viis vaikk'ei koska..
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Margaret Mitchell |
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Han naki kaiken edessaan uusin silmin. Han oli jattanyt tyttovuotensa taakseen jonnekin sen pitkan matkan varteen, jonka han oli taivaltanut Taraan. Han ei ollut enaa taipuisaa savea, johon jokainen uusi kokemus painoi jalkensa. Savi oli kovettunut jonakin tuon mittaamattoman paivan hetkena, jota oli kestanyt tuhannen vuotta. Tana iltana hanta viimeisen kerran hoivattiin kuin lasta. Nyt han oli nainen, ja nuoruus oli jaanyt hanen taakseen. ..
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Margaret Mitchell |
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No", sanoi Mummo katsoen hanta tutkivasti kasvoihin, "mika Tarassa on hullusti? Mita sina salailet?" Scarlett katsoi teraviin vanhoihin silmiin ja naki, etta han voisi kertoa totuuden kyynelitta. Ei kukaan voinut itkea Fointainen Mummon seurassa ilman hanen nimenomaista lupaansa. "Aiti on kuollut", sanoi Scarlett soinnuttomasti. Hanen kasivarrellaan olevan kaden ote tiukkeni, kunnes se nipisti, ja keltaisten silmien ryppyiset luomet varahti..
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Margaret Mitchell |
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That was a neat way of smoothing a man's vanity and yet keeping him on the string, and Charles rose to it as though such bait were new and he the first to swallow it.
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Margaret Mitchell |
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the blinding beauty that transfigures even the plainest woman when she is utterly protected and utterly loved and is giving back that love a thousandfold.
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Margaret Mitchell |
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Dearest one, do you remember When we last did meet?
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Margaret Mitchell |
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Mitchell rose to the task of playing the avenging angel for the Confederate States. There have been hundreds of novels about the Civil War, but Gone With the Wind stands like an obelisk in the
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Margaret Mitchell |
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no matter what rallying cries the orators give to the idiots who fight, no matter what noble purposes they assign to wars, there is never but one reason for a war. And that is money.
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Margaret Mitchell |
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If for no other reason she hated the Yankees because they kept her from having real coffee with sugar and thick cream in it.
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Margaret Mitchell |
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Jeems was their body servant and, like the dogs, accompanied them everywhere. He had been their childhood playmate and had been given to the twins for their own on their tenth birthday.
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Margaret Mitchell |
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The best marriages are when the parents choose for the girl. For how can a silly piece like yourself tell a good man from a scoundrel?
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Margaret Mitchell |
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Influence is everything, and guilt or innocence merely an academic question
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Margaret Mitchell |
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If only he hadn't gone out with the Klan!
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Margaret Mitchell |
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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.
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Margaret Mitchell |
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He thought as he stared at Will in the shadowy hall that he had never known such gallantry as the gallantry of Scarlett O'Hara going forth to conquer the world in her mother's velvet curtains and the tail feathers of a rooster.
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Margaret Mitchell |
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Melly is the only woman friend I ever had," she thought forlornly, "the only woman except Mother who really loved me. She's like Mother, too. Everyone who knew her has clung to her skirts."
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grief
loss
love
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Margaret Mitchell |
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Gradually, Scarlett drew courage from the brave faces of her friends and from the merciful adjustment which nature makes when what cannot be cured must be endured.
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Margaret Mitchell |
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She only did--did what she felt she had to do. And our men did what they felt they had to do. People must do what they must do. We don't all think alike or act alike and it's wrong to--to judge others by ourselves.
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Margaret Mitchell |
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Oh, I don't care! I don't care what they say!" she whispered, as a sweet madness swept over her."
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Margaret Mitchell |
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Yes, life has a glitter now-of a sort. That's what's wrong with it. The old days had no glitter but they had a charm, a beauty, a slow-paced glamour.
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Margaret Mitchell |
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Oh, Scarlett, you are so young you wring my heart.
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love-quotes
funny
gone-with-the-wind
margaret-mitchell
rhett-butler
poetic
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Margaret Mitchell |
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With unerring African instinct, the negroes had all discovered that Gerald had a loud bark and no bite at all, and they took shameless advantage of him.
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Margaret Mitchell |
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Ellen had never told her that desire and attainment were two different matters; life had not taught her that the race was not to the swift. She lay in the silvery shadows with courage rising and made the plans that a sixteen-year-old makes when life has been so pleasant that defeat is an impossibility and a pretty dress and a clear complexion are weapons to vanquish fate.
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Margaret Mitchell |
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It's hard to be strict with a man who loses money so pleasantly.
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Margaret Mitchell |
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He thinks the war is all wrong but he's willing to fight and die anyway, and that takes lots more courage than fighting for something you think is right.
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Margaret Mitchell |
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Men should either be clean shaven, mustached or wear full beards. "That little wisp looks like it was just the best he could do," she thought,"
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Margaret Mitchell |
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All wars are sacred to those who have to fight them. If the people who started ward didn't make them sacred, who would be foolish enough to fight? But, no matter what rallying cries the orators give to the idiots who fight, no matter what noble purposes they assign to wars, there is never but one reason for a war. And that is money.
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Margaret Mitchell |
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If God had seen fit to punish them so, then God could very well do without prayers. Religion had always been a bargaining process with Scarlett. She promised God good behavior in exchange for favors. God had broken the bargain time and again, to her way of thinking, and she felt she owned Him nothing now.
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Margaret Mitchell |
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It's a poor person and a poor nation that sits down and cries because life isn't precisely what they expected it to be.
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Margaret Mitchell |
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Sir," she said, "you are no gentleman!"
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Margaret Mitchell |