Vanity Was Stronger Than Love

The Liar Was The Hottest To Defend His Veracity, The Coward His Courage, The Ill-bred His Gentlemanliness, And The Cad His Honor

Everywhere, Women Gathered In Knots, Huddled In Groups On Front Porches, On Sidewalks, Even In The Middle Of The Streets, Telling Each Other That No News Is Good News, Trying To Comfort Each Other, Trying To Present A Brave Appearance.

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.

Somewhere, On The Long Road That Wound Through Those Four Years, The Girl With Her Sachet & Dancing Slippers Had Slipped Away & There Was Left A Woman With Sharp Green Eyes, Who Counted Pennies & Turned Her Hands To Many Menial Tasks, A Woman To Whom Nothing Was Left From The Wreckage Except The Indestructible Red Earth On Which She Stood.

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.