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It's not because I've -what is the phrase? -'swept you off your feet' by my -er- ardor?

Margaret Mitchell

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Margaret Mitchell
Age: 48 †
Born: 1900
Born: November 9
Died: 1949
Died: August 16
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Journalist
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Atlanta
Georgia
Margaret Munnerlyn Mitchell
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what will the South be like without all our fine boys? What would the South have been if they had lived?
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Well, my dear, take heart. Some day, I will kiss you and you will like it. But not now, so I beg you not to be too impatient.
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She hasn't your strength. She's never had any strength. She's never had anything but heart.
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