I Can't Go All My Life Waiting

But The Small Cloud Which Appeared In The Northwest Four Months Ago Had Blown Up Into A Mighty Storm And Then Into A Screaming Tornado,sweeping Away Her World, Whirling Her Out Of Her Sheltered Life,and Dropping Her Down In The Midst Of This Still,haunted Desolation.

You're Like The Thief Who Isn't The Least Bit Sorry He Stole, But Is Terribly, Terribly Sorry He's Going To Jail. - Rhett Butler

[t]he Merciful Adjustment Which Nature Makes When What Cannot Be Cured Must Be Endured.

You Must Be More Gentle, Dear, More Sedate,' Ellen Told Her Daughter. 'you Must Not Interrupt Gentlemen When They Are Speaking, Even If You Do Think You Know More About Matters Than They Do. Gentlemen Do Not Like Forward Girls.

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.