It was so good to have a man beside her, to lean close to him and feel the hard swell of his arm and know that he stood between her and unnamable terrors, even though he merely sat there and stared.
And apologies, once postponed, became harder and harder to make, and finally impossible.
I've ever been strong, it was because she was behind me.
But, Scarlett, did it ever occur to you that even the most deathless love could wear out?... Mine wore out... Did it ever occur to you that I loved you as much as a man can love a woman? Loved you for years before I finally got you? During the war I'd go away and try to forget you, but I couldn't and I always had to come back.... I loved you but I couldn't let you know it. You're so brutal to those who love you, Scarlett. You take their love and hold it over their heads like a whip.
Life's under no obligation to give us what we expect. We take what we get and are thankful it's no worse than it is.
Rhett to Scarlett
Everybody thinks differently and everybody's got a right to their own opinion.
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