Margaret Mitchell
Born: 11-07-1900
Margaret Mitchell was an American novelist best known for her Pulitzer Prize-winning novel "Gone with the Wind." Born in Atlanta, Georgia, in 1900, Mitchell worked as a journalist before turning to fiction. Her epic tale of the American South during the Civil War and Reconstruction became a cultural phenomenon. Despite publishing only one novel in her lifetime, Mitchell's impact on American literature remains profound and enduring.
Book summaries for books written by Margaret Mitchell
Quotes
After all, tomorrow is another day!
Death, taxes and childbirth! There's never any convenient time for any of them.
With enough courage, you can do without a reputation.
I can't think about that right now. If I do, I'll go crazy. I'll think about that tomorrow.
The land is the only thing in the world worth working for, worth fighting for, worth dying for, because it's the only thing that lasts.
There's no greater tragedy than loving someone to the depths of your soul and knowing they cannot and will not ever love you back.
Life's under no obligation to give us what we expect.
Burdens are for shoulders strong enough to carry them.
She knew that nothing could ever be the same again, but there was no need for it to be. She had already survived the worst.
You should be kissed and often, and by someone who knows how.
Until you're used to my civilized standards of honesty, you'll find me a little trying.
There's nothing as exciting as a comeback - seeing someone with dreams, watching them fail, and then getting a second chance.