421 Quotes by Margaret Mitchell

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    Most of the misery of the world has been caused by wars. And when the wars were over, no one ever knew what they were all about.

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    Always remember I never do anything without reason and I never give anything without expecting something in return. I always get paid.

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

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    She only did – did what she felt she had to do. And our men did what they felt they had to do. People must do what they must do. We don’t all think alike or act alike and it’s wrong to – to judge others by ourselves.

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    Babies, babies, babies. Why did God make so many babies? But no, God didn’t make them. Stupid people made them.

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    I’m tired of saying, “How wonderful you are!” to fool men who haven’t got one-half the sense I’ve got, and I’m tired of pretending I don’t know anything, so men can tell me things and feel important while they’re doing it.

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    She knew she had changed too, but not as they had changed, and it puzzled her. She sat and watched them and she felt herself an alien among them, as alien and lonely as if she had come from another world, speaking a language they did not understand and she not understanding theirs.

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