Why be an ostrich?

“Scarlett, I don't know just when it was that the bleak realization came over me…”

“But Rhett, you mustn't bring me anything else so expensive. It's awfully kind o…”

“What Melanie did was no more than all Southern girls were taught to do: to make…”

“There was a glow of grim pride in her usually gentle face, approbation and a fi…”