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I was never one to patiently pick up broken fragments and glue them together again and tell myself that the mended whole was as good as new. What is broken is broken.

Margaret Mitchell – Gone with the Wind

Burdens are for shoulders strong enough to carry them.

Margaret Mitchell – Gone with the Wind

I’m tired of saying, ‘How wonderful you are!’ to fool men who haven’t got one-half the sense I’ve got, and I’m tired of pretending I don’t know anything, so men can tell me things and feel important while they’re doing it.

Margaret Mitchell – Gone with the Wind

Life’s under no obligation to give us what we expect.

Margaret Mitchell – Gone with the Wind

No, I don’t think I will kiss you, although you need kissing, badly. That’s what’s wrong with you. You should be kissed and by someone who knows how.

Margaret Mitchell – Gone with the Wind

It’s like I said the other day. You have the land but only the land. And that’s not enough.

Margaret Mitchell – Gone with the Wind

If I have to lie, steal, cheat or kill, as God is my witness, I’ll never be hungry again.

Margaret Mitchell – Gone with the Wind

Until you’ve lost your reputation, you never realize what a burden it was or what freedom really is.

Margaret Mitchell – Gone with the Wind