But how nice it would be to know that some good Yankee woman - And there must be SOME good Yankee women. I don’t care what people say, they can’t all be bad! How nice it would be to know that they pulled weeds off our men’s graves and brought flowers to them, even if they were enemies. If Charlie were dead in the North it would comfort me to know that someone - And I don’t care what you ladies think of me, ” her voice broke again, “I will withdraw from both clubs and I’ll – I’ll pull up every weed off every Yankee’s grave I can find and I’ll plant flowers, too – and – I just dare anyone to stop me! . Margaret Mitchell
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This quote is about the power of persistence. The speaker is saying that it would be nice to know that some good Yankee woman pulled weeds off of Yankee graves and brought flowers to them. Though, it does say that she may be a bad Yankee woman. However, even if she were an enemy of her country, she would still feel better knowing that someone else did the work of keeping the dead at peace.

If someone was buried in the North then she would pull up weeds from their grave and plant flowers on top of the grave. She says that she will do this even if someone says that she is bad for doing this.

Source: Gone With The Wind

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