15 Gone With the Wind Quotes That Give Us Chills

15 Gone With the Wind Quotes That Give Us Chills

1. Frankly, my dear, I don’t give a damn

This heartbreaking line is what informs the audience that Rhett Butler is positively finished with his relationship with Scarlett. We can still see his figure disappear into the fog as he leaves her forever…

2. No, I don’t think I will kiss you, although you need kissing, badly. That’s what’s wrong with you. You should be kissed and often, by someone who knows what he’s doing

Oh the masculine presence we swoon after! Sometimes we all want a man who’s going to take charge and tell us how things should be… sometimes.

Clark Gable as Rhett and Vivien Leigh as Scarlett

3. As God as my witness, I’ll never be hungry again

Ranked #59 on the American Film Institute’s list of the top 100 movie quotations in American cinema, Scarlett lets us know she’s determined to overcome her circumstances.

4. After all…tomorrow is another day
Despite losing so much that she loved in life, Scarlett, at the film’s end, announces her resolve to keep on going. Her attitude is refreshing and entirely necessary when all that’s left is hope.

5. If I said I was madly in love with you you’d know I was lying
Scarlett confesses to Rhett before they are married that she doesn’t love him and he confesses he wants her to learn to love him… Such honesty and vulnerability from the both of them is beautiful, though maybe not the ideal foundation for a marriage.

6. I’ve loved you more than I’ve ever loved any woman and I’ve waited for you longer than I’ve waited for any woman

Is there a woman on Earth who doesn’t want to hear this? We think not.

7. A cat’s a better mother than you

As Rhett leaves Scarlett and takes their daughter, she protests, naturally and he frankly tells her that she’s a cold, unloving mother. It’s a painful scene that makes us want to be better mothers ourselves.

8. With enough courage, you can do without a reputation

 

We’re pretty sure Rhett got all the best lines. And we have to admire his confidence.

9. Why all we have is cotton and slaves and arrogance

Rhett is a cynic and a realist, and knows that the Old Southern way of life is in its dying days.

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10. I don’t know nothin’ ‘bout birthin’ babies

Prissy proves she’s either brilliant, pretending to be completely incompetent so as not to help those who oppress her, or incredibly stupid… we’re still not sure.

11. It will come to you, this love of the land

Part of a truly endearing scene with father and daughter.

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12. This war talk is spoiling the fun at every party this spring

Well, war talk kind of spoils every party, but you know…

13. Why, land is the only thing in the world worth workin’ for, worth fightin’ for, worth dyin’ for, because it’s the only thing that lasts

Oh how times have changed… or have they? This line in the film is, of course, about the characters’ present situation but it’s also a political statement that has withstood the test of time.

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14. Most of the miseries of the world were caused by wars. And when the wars were over no one ever knew what they were about

Another political reference so poignant and applicable to current times, we shiver.

15. He looks as if… as if he knows what I look like without my shimmy

Scarlett sees Rhett for the first time and doesn’t appreciate how he’s ogling her. We can’t blame the girl though.

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