Life’s under no obligation to give us what we expect.
Margaret Mitchell – Gone with the Wind
Unpredictable Life
U
Refusal to Kiss
R
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
Land is Not Enough
L
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
Desperate Survival Tactics
D
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
Liberation from Reputation
L
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
A Lady’s Imagination: From Admiration to Matrimony
A
A lady’s imagination is very rapid; it jumps from admiration to love, from love to matrimony in a moment.
Jane Austen – Pride and Prejudice
Selfishness in Practice
S
I have been a selfish being all my life, in practice, though not in principle.
Jane Austen – Pride and Prejudice
We Can Only Teach What’s Not Worth Knowing: The Paradox of Instruction
W
We all love to instruct, though we can teach only what is not worth knowing.
Jane Austen – Pride and Prejudice
Courage in the Face of Intimidation: A Stubborn Attitude
C
There is a stubbornness about me that never can bear to be frightened at the will of others. My courage always rises at every attempt to intimidate me.
Jane Austen – Pride and Prejudice
The Value of a Superior Woman in Female Society
T
I cannot imagine that it could be any where pleasant to a female, than in the society of one of her own sex, who had been educated sufficiently to feel the value of a superior woman.
Jane Austen – Pride and Prejudice