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If Gone With The Wind Has A Theme It Is That Of Survival. What Makes Some People Come Through Catastrophes And Others, Apparently Just As Able, Strong, And Brave, Go Under? It Happens In Every Upheaval. Some People Survive; Others Don't. What Qualities Are In Those Who Fight Their Way Through Triumphantly That Are Lacking In Those That Go Under? I Only Know That Survivors Used To Call That Quality 'gumption.' So I Wrote About People Who Had Gumption And People Who Didn't.

With Enough Courage, You Can Do Without A Reputation.

I've Always Had A Weakness For Lost Causes Once They're Really Lost.

My Age Is My Own Private Business And I Intend To Keep It So - If I Can. I Am Not So Old That I Am Ashamed Of My Age And I Am Not So Young That I Couldn't Have Written My Book And That Is All The Public Needs To Know About My Age.

She Couldn't Survey The Wreck Of The World With An Air Of Casual Unconcern.