Cheryl Shifflet

“My dear, I don't give a damn.”
― Margaret Mitchell, Gone with the Wind

“What you have lost will not be returned to you; it always be lost. You’re left with only your scars to mark the void. All you can choose to do is go on, or not. But if you go on, it’s knowing you carry your scars with you.”
― Charles Frazier, Cold Mountain

“This is reality, whether you like it or not--all those frivolities of summer, the light and shadow, the living mask of green that trembled over everything, they were lies, and this is what was underneath. This is the truth.”
― Willa Cather, My Ántonia

“A woman is like a tea bag; you never know how strong it is until it's in hot water.”
― Eleanor Roosevelt