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Life's under no obligation to give us what we expect.

Margaret Mitchell

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Margaret Mitchell
Age: 48 †
Born: 1900
Born: November 9
Died: 1949
Died: August 16
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Atlanta
Georgia
Margaret Munnerlyn Mitchell
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No, my dear, I'm not in love with you, no more than you are with me, and if I were, you would be the last person I'd ever tell. God help the man who ever really loves you. You'd break his heart, my darling, cruel, destructive little cat who is so careless and confident she doesn't even trouble to sheathe her claws.
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I was right when I said I'd never look back. It hurts too much, it drags at your heart till you can't ever do anything else except look back.
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