WIST Quotations

Mitchell, Margaret -- Gone with the Wind, ch. 31 [Ashley] (1936)

Dave — Fri, 08 Jul 2022 19:20:57 +0000

Fighting is like champagne. It goes to the heads of cowards as quickly as of heroes. Any fool can be brave on a battlefield when it’s be brave or else be killed.

Margaret Mitchell (1900-1949) American author and journalist.
Gone with the Wind, ch. 31 [Ashley] (1936)
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Mitchell, Margaret -- Gone with the Wind, ch. 53 [Ashley] (1936)

Dave — Mon, 30 Mar 2015 12:33:59 +0000

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.

Margaret Mitchell (1900-1949) American author and journalist.
Gone with the Wind, ch. 53 [Ashley] (1936)

Mitchell, Margaret -- Gone with the Wind, ch. 57 [Rhett] (1936)

Dave — Tue, 10 May 2016 13:23:19 +0000

“Scarlett, I was never one to patiently pick up broken fragments and glue them together and tell myself that the mended whole was as good as new. What is broken is broken — and I’d rather remember it as it was at its best than mend it and see the broken places as long as I lived. Perhaps if I were younger–” he sighed. “But I’m too old to believe in such sentimentalities as clean slates and starting all over. I’m too old to shoulder the burden of constant lies that go with living in polite disillusionment. I couldn’t live with you and lie to you and I certainly couldn’t lie to myself. I can’t even lie to you now. I wish I could care what you do or where you go, but I can’t.”

He drew a short breath and said lightly but softly:

“My dear, I don’t give a damn.”

Margaret Mitchell (1900-1949) American author and journalist.
Gone with the Wind, ch. 57 [Rhett] (1936)
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Mitchell, Margaret -- Gone with the Wind, Part 4. ch. 38 [Scarlett] (1936)

Dave — Wed, 04 Sep 2024 12:46:21 +0000

Death and taxes and childbirth! There’s never any convenient time for any of them!

Margaret Mitchell (1900-1949) American author and journalist.
Gone with the Wind, Part 4. ch. 38 [Scarlett] (1936)
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On death and taxes, see Bullock.