One of the brightest heroines in literature is the main female character from the book "Gone with the Wind" Scarlett O'Hara. She is an example of a strong and purposeful woman, an extraordinary personality for that time. And many Scarlett O'Hara quotes have become popular all over the world.
About love
One of Scarlett O`Hara's most famous quotes is about love. The heroine herself was popular with men due to her charming appearance and strong-willed character. But a woman like Scarlett could not fall in love with an ordinary man, not endowed with the strength of character. Despite cynicism and commercialism, O`Hara continued to be a vulnerable nature, who wanted to lean on a strong male shoulder.
“I continued to love the costume, not his own,” - Scarlett throughout the book believed that she had strong feelings for Ashley Wilkes.
Therefore, she always tried to be near him and help him. But Scarlett did not think about the fact that she fell in love not with himself, but with the image of the ideal man, which she created in her head.
An impressive and passionate girl decided that he was worthy to wear a "suit." And only then Scarlett realized that she had long been in love with Rhett Butler - an unprincipled person who possesses the same qualities as she.
About men
Many of Scarlett O'Hara's quotes in which she reasoned about men became winged.
“It’s good when a man is nearby, when you can snuggle up to him, feel the strength of his shoulder” - despite the fact that the main character was a strong and purposeful woman, she dreamed of a strong man.
Scarlett had to become strong, although she was once a spoiled and eccentric girl. But she continued to wait for a strong shoulder on which she could lean. All the men Scarlett met (including Ashley Wilkes) did not possess the necessary firmness of character. The exception was Rhett Butler, who admired Scarlett's courage and was in love with her.
Miss O'Hara was able to become brave and strong in order to survive and help her loved ones. When she began to revive her Big House, there would be no one nearby who could help her. Therefore, most men began to seem Scarlett weak and unworthy of attention. The main character has become more enterprising and decisive than many men. She boldly said that there was no man who could scare her. Often with such bold quotes, Scarlett O'Hara tried to disguise her vulnerability and impressionability.
About life
The heroine's most famous quote is:
"I will think about it tomorrow".
This phrase can be called the motto of Scarlett O'Hara. It was this statement that reassured her and did not allow her to fall into despair or longing. Thanks to this motto, the heroine could get together and start a new day with renewed vigor. This quote by Scarlett O`Hara became the personification of the fact that you don’t need to constantly worry about the fact that you can’t solve something - you need to calm down, and then you can find a solution.
Dialogs with Rhett Butler
Quotes from Scarlett O'Hara from Gone with the Wind differ not only in everyday experience, but also in self-irony and a special attitude towards others. The dialogues between the main character and the cynical handsome Rhett are especially worth highlighting:
"- Do you like me, Scarlett, admit it?
“Well, sometimes, a little.” When you do not behave like a bastard.
“But I, it seems to me, like you precisely because I am a bastard.”
Many considered Rhett just such a person - unprincipled, insensitive, mercantile. Nevertheless, he was decisive and enterprising, possessed the very strength that Scarlett appreciated in people. Scarlett and Rhett were in many ways similar, possessed bold and strong-willed characters, and their meetings resembled a verbal duel. But still, Scarlett O'Hara and Rhett Butler became one of the most romantic couples in literature.