All she wanted was a breathing space in which to hurt.

He made her play and she had almost forgotten how. Life had been so serious and so bitter. He knew how to play and swept her along with him.

All really nice girls wonder when men don't try to kiss them. They know they shouldn't want them to and they know they must act insulted if they do, but just the same, they wish the men would try.

You have eternity in which to explain and only one night to be a martyr in the amphitheater Get out, darling, and let me see the lions eat you.

I'm riding you with a slack rein, my pet, but don't forget that I'm riding with curb and spurs just the same.

You can go to the Devil and not at your leisure. You can go now, for all I care.' 'My pet, I've been to the Devil and he's a very dull fellow. I won't go there again, not even for you.

Take my handkerchief, Scarlett. Never, at any crisis of your life, have I known you to have a handkerchief.

But she knew that no matter what beauty lay behind, it must remain there. No one could go forward with a load of aching memories.

It's not because I've -what is the phrase? -'swept you off your feet' by my -er- ardor?

It had been so long since she had seen him and she had lived on memories until they were worn thin.

She couldn't survey the wreck of the world with an air of casual unconcern.

The usual masculine dissillusionment is discovering that a woman has a brain

[Yankees] are pretty much like southerners except with worse manners, of course, and terrible accents.

Anyone as selfish and determined as you are is never helpless.

You should be kissed and often, by someone who knows how.

She is the only dream I ever had that lived and breathed and did not die in the face of reality." (Ashley said about Melanie)

They knew that love snatched in the face of danger and death was doubly sweet for the strange excitement that went with it.

Somehow the bright beauty had gone from April afternoon and from her heart as well and the sad sweetness of remembering was as bitter as gall.

His voice stopped and they looked for a long quiet moment into each other's eyes and between them lay the sunny lost youth that they had so unthinkingly shared.

Then you've made the only choice. But there's a penalty attached, as there is to most things you want. It's loneliness.

Fo' Gawd, Miss Scarlett! We's got ter have a doctah. Ah- Ah- Miss Scarlett, Ah doan know nuthin' 'bout bringin' babies. -Prissy

She was as forthright and simple as the winds that blew over Tara and the yellow river that wound around it.

But, Scarlett, did it ever occur to you that even the most deathless love could wear out?

Land is the only thing in the world that amounts to anything.

What is there to see in Europe? I'll bet those foreigners can't show us a thing we haven't got right here in Georgia.

The green eyes in the carefully sweet face were turbulent, willful, lusty with life, distinctly at variance with her decorous demeanor. Her manners had been imposed upon her ... her eyes were her own.

To Scarlett, there was something breath-taking about Ellen O'Hara, a miracle that lived in the house with her and awed her and charmed and soothed her.

Crackers are short on sparkle.

I was right when I said I’d never look back. It hurts too much, it drags at your heart till you can’t ever do anything else except look back.

I won't need you to rescue meM. I can take care of myself, thank you. - Scarlett O'Hara.

Madam, you flatter yourself. I do not want to marry you or anyone else. I am not a marrying man. - Rhett Butler

Yes, life was very sweet and cosy with Scarlett - as long as she had her own way

When you feel like hope is gone, look inside you and be strong and you'll finally see the truth- that hero lies in you.

There is a light at the end of the tunnel... hopefully its not a freight train!

I do not think I reinvent myself. Wearing my hair differently or changing my style of dress is playing dress-up. I don't take it too seriously.

This is for all of you out there tonight, reaching for a dream - don't ever give up! Never ever listen to anyone, when they try to discourage you, because they do that, believe me!

If you see me as just the princess then you misunderstand who I am and what I have been through.

I'd rather be onstage with a pig - a duet with Jennifer Lopez and me just ain't going to happen.

I really rebel against authority.

Butterflies are always following me, everywhere I go.

I'm not one of those people that goes into details of my personal life on national TV to get attention. Some things are better left unsaid.

My mother is Irish, my father is black and Venezuelan, and me - I'm tan, I guess.

In this world, I call the shots and I think I know best.

People are like, 'What is your whole obsession with butterflies?' I'm like, 'I'm not obsessed. I like them. Can't anybody like something?'

You really have to look inside yourself and find your own inner strength, and say, 'I'm proud of what I am and who I am, and I'm just going to be myself.'

Forget the image, forget the ensemble, forget the rumours, forget the short skirts, the big hair, whatever! I owe this to the fans and I will never forget you so I want to accept this award on behalf of all of you.

I am very insecure about my looks, and I always have been because of being mixed race.

Time is irrelevant to me. I never wear a watch.

I could do my own nails... I went to beauty school in the 11th grade. But why would I do that now?

Whatever you're going through in your life, don't ever give up.