Margaret Mitchell

Until you have lost your reputation, you never realize what a burden it was or what freedom really is.

What most people don't seem to realize is that there is just as much money to be made out of the wreckage of a civilization as from the upbuilding of one.

Life's under no obligation to give us what we expect.

Well, I actually wrote her a letter a couple of days ago congratulating her. The tone I tried to convey in the letter is, look, you are a part of a great American historical process.

Never let a day pass that you will have cause to say, I will do better tomorrow.