Question

Chapter 31 of gone with the wind

"It's a curse--this not wanting to look on naked realities. Until the war, life was never more real to me than a shadow show on a curtain. And I preferred it so. I do not like the outlines of things to be too sharp. I like them gently blurred, a little hazy."
Who said it?
What is the context?
What does it mean?

Answer 1

It means that you can never expect the things that happen in war.

Step-by-step explanation:

This was my answer because in the chapter it states, "Until the war, life was never more real to me than a shadow on a curtain..." This informs me that this person did not expect the things going on in the war to actually happen.