Southerners Can Never Resist A Losing Cause.

Never Pass Up New Experiences [scarlett], They Enrich The Mind." - Rhett Butler

Now You Are Beginning To Think For Yourself Instead Of Letting Others Think For You. That’s The Beginning Of Wisdom.

It's A Curse - This Not Wanting To Look On Naked Realities. Until The War, Life Was Never More Real To Me Than A Shadow Show On A Curtain. And I Preferred It So. I Do Not Like The Outlines Of Things To Be Too Sharp. I Like Them Gently Blurred, A Little Hazy.

She Hasn't Your Strength. She's Never Had Any Strength. She's Never Had Anything But Heart.

If Gone With The Wind Has A Theme It Is That Of Survival. What Makes Some People Come Through Catastrophes And Others, Apparently Just As Able, Strong, And Brave, Go Under? It Happens In Every Upheaval. Some People Survive; Others Don't. What Qualities Are In Those Who Fight Their Way Through Triumphantly That Are Lacking In Those That Go Under? I Only Know That Survivors Used To Call That Quality 'gumption.' So I Wrote About People Who Had Gumption And People Who Didn't.