“[T]he merciful adjustment which nature makes when what cannot be cured must be endured.”

“She was constitutionally unable to endure any man being in love with any woman not herself...”

“I'm tempting you with fine gifts until your girlish ideals are quite worn away and you are at my mercy.”

“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!”

“If he's forgotten me, I'll make him remember me. I'll make him want me again.”

“I can't let him go. I can't. There must be some way to bring him back. Oh, I can't think about this now! I'll go crazy if I do! I'll think about it tomorrow. But I must think about it. I must think about it. What is there to do? What is there that matters? Tara! Home. I'll go home. And I'll think of some way to get him back. After all... tomorrow is another day!”

“But she knew that no matter what beauty lay behind, it must remain there. No one could go forward with a load of aching memories.”