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Times Were So Hard It Was Difficult To Feed And Lodge Humans, Much Less Animals.

Death, Taxes And Childbirth! There's Never Any Convenient Time For Any Of Them.

Hunger Gnawed At Her Empty Stomach Again And She Said Aloud: 'as God Is My Witness, And God Is My Witness, The Yankees Aren't Going To Lick Me. I'm Going To Live Through This, And When It's Over, I'm Never Going To Be Hungry Again. No, Nor Any Of My Folks. If I Have To Steal Or Kill - As God Is My Witness, I'm Never Going To Be Hungry Again.

I Have A Passionate Desire For Personal Privacy. I Want To Stand Before The World, For Good Or Bad, On The Book I Wrote, Not On What I Say In Letters To Friends, Not On My Husband And My Home Life, The Way I Dress, My Likes And Dislikes, Et Cetera. My Book Belongs To Anyone Who Has The Price, But Nothing Of Me Belongs To The Public.

Suddenly She Felt Strong And Happy. She Was Not Afraid Of The Darkness Or The Fog And She Knew With A Singing In Her Heart That She Would Never Fear Them Again. No Matter What Mists Might Curl Around Her In The Future, She Knew Her Refuge. She Started Briskly Up The Street Toward Home And The Blocks Seemed Very Long. Far, Far Too Long. She Caught Up Her Skirts To Her Knees And Began To Run Lightly. But This Time She Was Not Running From Fear. She Was Running Because Rhett's Arms Were At The End Of The Street.