They loved their men, they believed in them, they trusted them to the last breaths of their bodies.  How could disaster ever come to women such as they when their stalwart gray line stood between them and the Yankees? Had there ever been such men as these since the first dawn of the world, so heroic, so reckless, so gallant, so tender? How could anything but overwhelming victory come to a Cause as just and right as theirs? A Cause they loved as much as they loved their men, a Cause they served with their hands and their hearts, a Cause they talked about, thought about, dreamed about--a Cause to which they would sacrifice these men if need be, and bear their loss as proudly as the men bore their battle flags.

这章节里我最感动的句子

我觉得飘这本书里塑造的女性形象都是非常正面的，即使有些女性人物有其缺点和不足，尤其古怪的性格等，但是在价值观上却有着非常正义的一面，就好比我摘出来的这几句，女性的坚强虽然没有像男性那样如此明确可以从表象里就被发现，但是女性的坚强不屈和大义却是男性最坚实的后盾，正如这个句子里写的，这个事业是她们愿意为之付出自己最爱的男人，愿意承受失去自己最爱的男人的后果。

当然并不是说这样一定是好的。正如Scarlett根本不屑这些女人的想法和做法一样。这样非常鲜明地衬托出Scarlett的性格和想法，也为她之后的行为做了铺垫。

"Personally, I think suttee much more merciful than our charming Southern custom of burying widows alive"

Butler船长真的是迷人啊，思想都如此清晰，难怪会喜欢上scarlett