Gone with the Wind - Margaret Mitchell

You’re like the thief who isn’t the least bit sorry he stole, but is terribly, terribly sorry he’s going to jail

"Let me hold the baby, Scarlett. Well, he certainly looks like Frank. All except the whiskers, but give him time."
"I hope not. It's a girl."

Always providing you have enough courage—or money—you can do without a reputation.

Scarlett (about her dream):"Oh, Rhett, it's awful to be hungry."
Rhett:"It must be awful to dream of starvation after a seven-course dinner including that enormous crawfish."

I made a pretty suit of clothes and fell in love with it. And when Ashley came riding along, so handsome, so different, I put that suit on him and made him wear it whether it fitted him or not. And I wouldn't see what he really was. I kept on loving the pretty clothes--and not him at all.

... he’d rather be shot than marry a stupid fool.

“I don’t even intend to kiss you, either.”
“Then why is your mouth all pursed up in that ridiculous way?”

Women had a hardness and endurance unknown to men, despite the pretty idea taught me in childhood that women are frail, tender, sensitive creatures.

I love you, Scarlett, because we are so much alike, renegades, both of us, dear, and selfish rascals.

Why is it a girl has to be so silly to catch a husband?

Scarlett:"Besides, I’d just as soon kiss a pig.”
Rhett:“There’s no accounting for tastes.."

"I won’t need you to rescue me. I can take care of myself, thank you.”
“Don’t say that, Scarlett! Think of it, if you like, but never, never say it to a man."

She was so like you, so willful, so brave and gay and full of high spirits, and I could pet her and spoil her--just as I wanted to pet you. But she wasn't like you--she loved me. It was a blessing that I could take the love you didn't want and give it to her. . . . When she went, she took everything.

You have the nastiest way of making virtues sound so stupid.

Burdens are for shoulders strong enough to carry them.

... he's nervous and timid and well meaning, and I don't know of any more damning qualities a man can have.