Margaret Mitchell

1900 - 1949

Margaret Mitchell was an American novelist born on November 8, 1900, in Atlanta, Georgia. She is best known for writing the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel "Gone with the Wind," which was published in 1936. The book became an instant bestseller and is considered a classic of American literature.

Burdens are for shoulders strong enough to carry them.

Gone with the Wind, p. 430, 1936

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

Gone With the Wind, 1936

What most people don't seem to realize is that there is just as much money to be made out of the wreckage of a civilization as from the upbuilding of one.

Gone With the Wind, 1936

After all, tomorrow is another day.

Gone with the Wind, 1936