She did not care about anything very much. Hope was gone. She existed that was all.

Donna Woolfolk Cross
She did not care about anything very much. Hope was...
She did not care about anything very much. Hope was...
She did not care about anything very much. Hope was...
She did not care about anything very much. Hope was...
About This Quote

Everyone wants to be happy, but some are content to exist. She did not care about anything very much. Hope was gone. She existed that was all.

This is a quote from the book "Gone With The Wind" by Margaret Mitchell. It is the first line of the first chapter of the novel. Scarlett O'Hara is reflecting on her situation after being wounded by her husband's unfaithful lover.

Scarlett has experienced great loss, including losing her father and brother, and now she faces the challenge of staying alive during the Confederate occupation of Atlanta, Georgia.

Source: Pope Joan

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