*Updated* May the 4th be with you

In honor of Star Wars Day ("May the fourth" is like "May the force" - get it?), I'd like to post a clip from The Empire Strikes Back that I've probably watched no less than 200 times (yes, I'm a sappy, science-fiction-loving girl):

(Please forgive me for this weird voiced-over clip. I couldn't find an original that wasn't in Spanish.)

Imagine my surprise, then, when I found this exchange in the middle of a classic novel:

"...You like me, don't you?"
"Well, sometimes," she answered cautiously. "When you aren't acting like a varmint."
"I think you like me because I am a varmint. You've known so few dyed-in-the-wool varmints in your sheltered life that my very difference holds a quaint charm for you."
This was not the turn she had anticipated and she tried again without success to pull her hand free.
"That's not true! I like nice men..."

Any guesses what book that particular conversation is from? I know it's obscure, but you have to admit, the similarities are striking. I wonder if the writers happened to have that in the back of their minds when they wrote the screenplay for Empire Strikes Back...

I'll post the correct novel in an updated version of this post either later this afternoon or tomorrow, just in case no one has any guesses. You might be surprised!!

Happy Star Wars Day, and may the fourth be with you!

**UPDATED Saturday, May 5**

Karl guessed correctly in the comments: That conversation is from Margaret Mitchell's Gone with the Wind! Scarlett and Rhett... yeah, I can see the resemblance to Leia and Han (actually, typing out that sentence felt just a hair blasphemous to both franchises). If you haven't read it, you should -- it's a fantastic read. Definitely one of my favorites, and a lot more thought-provoking than the movie (although they did a pretty good job telling Scarlett's story in the movie).

Happy Cinco de Mayo, my friends! Thanks for reading!