Gone with the Wind

by Margaret Mitchell

‘God is on the side of the strongest battalion!’ ”

For some time she had felt that God was not watching out for her, the Confederates or the South, in spite of the millions of prayers ascending to Him daily.

“That was so long ago, a different day entirely, and times have changed.” “Times never change when there’s a need for honest work to be done,”

the Yankees were looting and burning. There were hundreds of homes in flames, hundreds of homes resounding with their footsteps. But, to Scarlett, watching the bluecoats pour into the front hall, it was not a country-wide affair. It was entirely personal, a malicious action aimed directly at her and hers.

maybe there isn’t any hell after all.” “Oh, but there is, Rhett! You know there is!” “I know there is but it’s right here on earth.