Longing Hearts Could Only Stand So Much

My Age Is My Own Private Business And I Intend To Keep It So - If I Can. I Am Not So Old That I Am Ashamed Of My Age And I Am Not So Young That I Couldn't Have Written My Book And That Is All The Public Needs To Know About My Age.

Southerners Can Never Resist A Losing Cause.

I Loved Something I Made Up, Something That's Just As Dead As Melly Is. 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.

Forgive Me For Startling You With The Impetuosity Of My Sentiments, My Dear Scarlett—i Mean, My Dear Mrs. Kennedy. It Cannot Have Escaped Your Notice That For Some Time Past The Friendship I Have Had In My Heart For You Has Ripened Into A Deeper Feeling, A Feeling More Beautiful, More Pure, More Sacred. Dare I Name It You? Ah! It Is Love Which Makes Me So Bold!

The Way To Get A Man Interested And To Hold His Interest Was To Talk About Himself, And Then Gradually Lead The Conversation Around Yourself—and Keep It There.