“And she understood. She would have done the same. She understood, too, why she'd been wrong to offer Ballyhara as a substitute for land he'd farmed all his life. It made all his work meaningless, and the work of his sons, his brothers, his father, his father's father.” FarmingScarlett O HaraConnection To LandFamily FarmLove Of EarthWorking The Land Book:Scarlett Source: Scarlett
“It seemed that our family had been on this land for thousands of years; that we had sprung from the earth, born of its flesh like a tree or a flower, deep-rooted, not by our feet, but by our hearts.” CultureHomelandConnection To Land Book:Not Even My Name Source: Not Even My Name