If I said I was madly in love with you you'd know I was lying.
— I forgot to lock the front door. What are you laughing at?
— At you, locking the Yankees out.
— Why should you go now that it's all over, and I need you? Why, why?
— Maybe it's because I've always had a weakness for lost causes, once they really lost. Or maybe... Maybe I'm ashamed of myself. Who knows?
Explanation:
Rhett Butler goes to war.
You're jealous of something you can't understand. You've lived in dirt so long.
— I was surprised you turned out to be a noble character.
— I can't bear to take advantage of your little-girl ideas. I'm neither noble nor heroic.
— But you are a blockade runner?
— For profit, and profit only.
— Are you tryng to tell me you don't believe in the Cause?
— I believe in Rhett Butler. He is the only cause I know.