“Scarlett kicked the coverlet in impotent rage, trying to think of something bad enough to say.'God's nightgown!' she cried at last, and felt somewhat relieved.”

“They say that God is everywhere and yet we always think of him as somewhat of a recluse.”

“Here’s the thing. I’ve been kicked out of home. After the last thing I didI ran out of chances. Tipped all my parents’ patience out on the floorlike the last bit of milk in the container. They just lost it. Fair enough,I suppose. I did do something pretty bad. So bad I can’t even say it outloud. Neither can Mum. We both just: Don’t. Talk. About. It.”

“Child, it's a very bad thing for a woman to face the worst that can happen to her, because after she's faced the worst she can't ever really fear anything again. ...Scarlett, always save something to fear— even as you save something to love...”

“I know a cute thing to say to a kid when they ask why it's raining. I say to them it's raining because god is crying. And if they ask why god is crying, a cute thing to say is, god is crying probably because of something you did.”

“At the beauty of what she had stumbled onto, at the fear that something terrible would happen because she was not vigilant enough. She cried at the fear of something so good that she would not be brave enough to bear it.”