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98 Margaret Mitchell Quotes That Are Worth Knowing

Famous As: Writer of 'Gone with the Wind'
Born On: November 8, 1900
Died On: August 16, 1949
Born In: Atlanta, Georgia, United States
Died At Age: 48

Margaret Mitchell, who published under the name of Peggy Mitchell, was a renowned American author and journalist, most famous for her work ‘Gone with the wind’. This novel was based on American Civil war period for which she was awarded the esteemed Pulitzer Prize for fiction. History is witness to wars that have taken millions of lives and with her masterpiece (Gone with the wind) she tried to convey the sufferings that common people faced due to war. Through her masterpiece she certainly left behind a legacy that highlights the negative impacts of war. We have curated some of Margaret Mitchell’s most famous quotes from her writings and observations. Read these quotes from one of the greatest novelist to have lived in the history of English Literature.

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

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

Margaret Mitchell
Burdens are for shoulders strong enough to carry them.

Burdens are for shoulders strong enough to carry them.

Margaret Mitchell
With enough courage, you can do without a reputation.

With enough courage, you can do without a reputation.

Margaret Mitchell
After all, tomorrow is another day!

After all, tomorrow is another day!

Margaret Mitchell
Well, my dear, take heart. Some day, I will kiss you and you will like it. But not now, so I beg you not to be too impatient.

Well, my dear, take heart. Some day, I will kiss you and you will like it. But not now, so I beg you not to be too impatient.

Margaret Mitchell
My dear, I don't give a damn.

My dear, I don't give a damn.

Margaret Mitchell
I'll think of it tomorrow, at Tara. I can stand it then. Tomorrow, I'll think of some way to get him back. After all, tomorrow is another day.

I'll think of it tomorrow, at Tara. I can stand it then. Tomorrow, I'll think of some way to get him back. After all, tomorrow is another day.

Margaret Mitchell
I can't think about that right now. If I do, I'll go crazy. I'll think about that tomorrow.

I can't think about that right now. If I do, I'll go crazy. I'll think about that tomorrow.

Margaret Mitchell
Sir,

Sir,"she said,"you are no gentleman!" An apt observation,"he answered airily."And, you, Miss, are no lady.

Margaret Mitchell
Hardships make or break people.

Hardships make or break people.

Margaret Mitchell
Perhaps - I want the old days back again and they'll never come back, and I am haunted by the memory of them and of the world falling about my ears.

Perhaps - I want the old days back again and they'll never come back, and I am haunted by the memory of them and of the world falling about my ears.

Margaret Mitchell
It was better to know the worst than to wonder.

It was better to know the worst than to wonder.

Margaret Mitchell
Dear Scarlett! You aren't helpless. Anyone as selfish and determined as you are is never helpless. God help the Yankees if they should get you.

Dear Scarlett! You aren't helpless. Anyone as selfish and determined as you are is never helpless. God help the Yankees if they should get you." -Rhett Butler

Margaret Mitchell
Until you've lost your reputation, you never realize what a burden it was or what freedom really is.

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

Margaret Mitchell
Death, taxes and childbirth! There's never any convenient time for any of them.

Death, taxes and childbirth! There's never any convenient time for any of them.

Margaret Mitchell
I'd cut up my heart for you to wear if you wanted it.

I'd cut up my heart for you to wear if you wanted it.

Margaret Mitchell
You're so brutal to those who love you, Scarlett. You take their love and hold it over their heads like a whip.

You're so brutal to those who love you, Scarlett. You take their love and hold it over their heads like a whip.

Margaret Mitchell
If I said I was madly in love with you you'd know I was lying.

If I said I was madly in love with you you'd know I was lying.

Margaret Mitchell
Life's under no obligation to give us what we expect. We take what we get and are thankful it's no worse than it is.

Life's under no obligation to give us what we expect. We take what we get and are thankful it's no worse than it is.

Margaret Mitchell
Never pass up new experiences [Scarlett], They enrich the mind.

Never pass up new experiences [Scarlett], They enrich the mind." - Rhett Butler

Margaret Mitchell
And apologies, once postponed, become harder and harder to make, and finally impossible.

And apologies, once postponed, become harder and harder to make, and finally impossible.

Margaret Mitchell
Vanity was stronger than love at sixteen and there was no room in her hot heart now for anything but hate.

Vanity was stronger than love at sixteen and there was no room in her hot heart now for anything but hate.

Margaret Mitchell
That is the one unforgivable sin in any society. Be different and be damned!

That is the one unforgivable sin in any society. Be different and be damned!

Margaret Mitchell
I've always had a weakness for lost causes once they're really lost.

I've always had a weakness for lost causes once they're really lost.

Margaret Mitchell
I wish I could care what you do or where you go but I can't... My dear, I don't give a damn.

I wish I could care what you do or where you go but I can't... My dear, I don't give a damn.

Margaret Mitchell
Great balls of fire. Don't bother me anymore, and don't call me sugar.

Great balls of fire. Don't bother me anymore, and don't call me sugar.

Margaret Mitchell
Now she had a fumbling knowledge that, had she ever understood Ashley, she would never have loved him; had she ever understood Rhett, she would never have lost him.

Now she had a fumbling knowledge that, had she ever understood Ashley, she would never have loved him; had she ever understood Rhett, she would never have lost him.

Margaret Mitchell
The land is the only thing in the world worth working for, worth fighting for, worth dying for, because it's the only thing that lasts

The land is the only thing in the world worth working for, worth fighting for, worth dying for, because it's the only thing that lasts".....Gerald O'Hara, Gone With The Wind.

Margaret Mitchell
It was not often that she was alone like this and she did not like it. When she was alone she had to think and, these days, thoughts were not so pleasant.

It was not often that she was alone like this and she did not like it. When she was alone she had to think and, these days, thoughts were not so pleasant.

Margaret Mitchell
Longing hearts could only stand so much longing.

Longing hearts could only stand so much longing.

Margaret Mitchell