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Harper Lee quotes: They're people, aren't they? We were quite willing to import them when they made money for us. They're people, aren't they? We were quite willing to import them when they made money for us.
Harper Lee quotes: When he was nearly thirteen, my brother Jem got his arm badly broken at the elbow. When he was nearly thirteen, my brother Jem got his arm badly broken at the elbow.
Harper Lee quotes: Anywhere in town, kept to themselves, a predilection Anywhere in town, kept to themselves, a predilection
Harper Lee quotes: I do my best to love everyday I do my best to love everyday
Harper Lee quotes: When stalking one's prey, it is best to take one's time. Say nothing, and as sure as eggs he will become curious and emerge. When stalking one's prey, it is best to take one's time. Say nothing, and as sure as eggs he will become curious and emerge.
Harper Lee quotes: Isn't it about time you got over that? Bury your dead, Jean Louise. Isn't it about time you got over that? Bury your dead, Jean Louise.
Harper Lee quotes: Amazing grace how sweet thuh sound That saved a wretch like me; I once was lost but now I'm found, Was blind, but now I see. A-men." Jem Amazing grace how sweet thuh sound That saved a wretch like me; I once was lost but now I'm found, Was blind, but now I see. A-men." Jem
Harper Lee quotes: Sometimes, it's never an insult to be called what someone thinks is a bad name. Sometimes, it's never an insult to be called what someone thinks is a bad name.
Harper Lee quotes: I just know Maycomb. I'm not in the least sensitive about it, but good Lord, I'm certainly aware of it. I just know Maycomb. I'm not in the least sensitive about it, but good Lord, I'm certainly aware of it.
Harper Lee quotes: Atticus was right. One time he said you never really know a man until you stand in his shoes and walk around in them. Just Atticus was right. One time he said you never really know a man until you stand in his shoes and walk around in them. Just
Harper Lee quotes: You never really know a man until you stand in his shoes and walk around in them. You never really know a man until you stand in his shoes and walk around in them.
Harper Lee quotes: You can pet him, Mr. Arthur. He's asleep... You can pet him, Mr. Arthur. He's asleep...
Harper Lee quotes: When she looked thus, only God and Robert Browning knew what she was likely to say. When she looked thus, only God and Robert Browning knew what she was likely to say.
Harper Lee quotes: No, I mean I can smell somebody an' tell if they're gonna die. An old lady taught me how. JeanLouiseFinch, you are going to die in three days. No, I mean I can smell somebody an' tell if they're gonna die. An old lady taught me how. Jean
Louise
Finch, you are going to die in three days.
Harper Lee quotes: Jean Louise, did you come down on the train Like That? Jean Louise, did you come down on the train Like That?
Harper Lee quotes: I don't see why I have to when he doesn't. Then listen. I don't see why I have to when he doesn't.
Then listen.
Harper Lee quotes: You never went to school and you do all right, so I'll just stay home too. You can teach me like Grandaddy taught you 'n' Uncle Jack." "No You never went to school and you do all right, so I'll just stay home too. You can teach me like Grandaddy taught you 'n' Uncle Jack." "No
Harper Lee quotes: I didn't know how you were going to do it, but from now on I'll never worry about what'll become of you, son, you'll always have an idea. I didn't know how you were going to do it, but from now on I'll never worry about what'll become of you, son, you'll always have an idea.
Harper Lee quotes: She had never told us on, had never played cat-and-mouse with us, she was not at all interested in our private lives. She was our friend. She had never told us on, had never played cat-and-mouse with us, she was not at all interested in our private lives. She was our friend.
Harper Lee quotes: There was no finer young man, said the people of Maycomb, than Henry Clinton. Jean Louise agreed. There was no finer young man, said the people of Maycomb, than Henry Clinton. Jean Louise agreed.
Harper Lee quotes: You who called me Scout are dead and in your grave. You who called me Scout are dead and in your grave.
Harper Lee quotes: Way back about nineteen-twenty there was a Klan ... The Ku Klux's gone ... It'll never come back. Way back about nineteen-twenty there was a Klan ... The Ku Klux's gone ... It'll never come back.
Harper Lee quotes: It was a happy cemetery. The It was a happy cemetery. The
Harper Lee quotes: Atticus, he was real nice.""Most people are, Scout, when you finally see them. Atticus, he was real nice."
"Most people are, Scout, when you finally see them.
Harper Lee quotes: Her favorite game was golf because its essential principles consisted of a stick, a small ball, and a state of mind. Her favorite game was golf because its essential principles consisted of a stick, a small ball, and a state of mind.
Harper Lee quotes: You deny them hope ... You are telling them that Jesus loves them, but not much. You deny them hope ... You are telling them that Jesus loves them, but not much.
Harper Lee quotes: Oh dear me, yes. The novel must tell a story. Oh dear me, yes. The novel must tell a story.
Harper Lee quotes: God had given him an unfair advantage over most living things. God had given him an unfair advantage over most living things.
Harper Lee quotes: You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view ... Until you climb inside of his skin and walk around in it. You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view ... Until you climb inside of his skin and walk around in it.
Harper Lee quotes: yard where the trees were, where the carhouse was, and yard where the trees were, where the carhouse was, and
Harper Lee quotes: That boy is your company. And if he wants to eat up that tablecloth, you let him, you hear? That boy is your company. And if he wants to eat up that tablecloth, you let him, you hear?
Harper Lee quotes: Somehow I had been wallowing illicitly in the daily papers. Somehow I had been wallowing illicitly in the daily papers.
Harper Lee quotes: Thing is, foot-washers think women are a sin in definition. Thing is, foot-washers think women are a sin in definition.
Harper Lee quotes: In other words, all I want to be is the Jane Austen of south Alabama In other words, all I want to be is the Jane Austen of south Alabama
Harper Lee quotes: The only way in which all men in America are equal, is in the courtroom - Atticus The only way in which all men in America are equal, is in the courtroom - Atticus
Harper Lee quotes: We Finches don't marry the children of rednecked white trash. We Finches don't marry the children of rednecked white trash.
Harper Lee quotes: ... some people have more opportunity because they're born with it ... ... some people have more opportunity because they're born with it ...
Harper Lee quotes: It's better to be silent than to be a fool. It's better to be silent than to be a fool.
Harper Lee quotes: Her world was at its best when her time came to leave it. Her world was at its best when her time came to leave it.
Harper Lee quotes: I wonder what would happen if the South had a 'Be Kind to the Niggers Week'? I wonder what would happen if the South had a 'Be Kind to the Niggers Week'?
Harper Lee quotes: Simply by the nature of the work, every lawyer gets at least one case in his lifetime that affects him personally. This one's mine, I guess. Simply by the nature of the work, every lawyer gets at least one case in his lifetime that affects him personally. This one's mine, I guess.
Harper Lee quotes: I couldn't go to church and worship God if I didn't try to help that man. I couldn't go to church and worship God if I didn't try to help that man.
Harper Lee quotes: You may be sorry, but I'm proud of you." She looked up and saw her father beaming at her. "What?" "I said I'm proud of you." "I You may be sorry, but I'm proud of you." She looked up and saw her father beaming at her. "What?" "I said I'm proud of you." "I
Harper Lee quotes: Hold your head high and keep those fists down - Atticus Finch Hold your head high and keep those fists down - Atticus Finch
Harper Lee quotes: the Dew-Drop Inn & Fishing Camp; the Dew-Drop Inn & Fishing Camp;
Harper Lee quotes: Don't argue with a man, especially when you know you can beat him. Don't argue with a man, especially when you know you can beat him.
Harper Lee quotes: I try to give'em a reason, you see. It helps folks if they can latch onto a reason. I try to give'em a reason, you see. It helps folks if they can latch onto a reason.
Harper Lee quotes: Shoulder up, I reeled around to face Boo Radley and his bloody fangs; instead, I saw Dill ringing the bell with all his might in Atticus's face. Shoulder up, I reeled around to face Boo Radley and his bloody fangs; instead, I saw Dill ringing the bell with all his might in Atticus's face.
Harper Lee quotes: Mockingbirds don't do one thing except make music for us to enjoy. Mockingbirds don't do one thing except make music for us to enjoy.
Harper Lee quotes: Ladies bathed before noon, after their three o'clock naps, and by nightfall were like soft teacakes with frostings of sweat and sweet talcum. Ladies bathed before noon, after their three o'clock naps, and by nightfall were like soft teacakes with frostings of sweat and sweet talcum.
Harper Lee quotes: There are some men in this world who are born to do our unpleasant jobs for us. Your father's one of them. There are some men in this world who are born to do our unpleasant jobs for us. Your father's one of them.
Harper Lee quotes: People generally see what they look for, and hear what they listen for. People generally see what they look for, and hear what they listen for.
Harper Lee quotes: Jem was a born hero. Jem was a born hero.
Harper Lee quotes: See there?" Jem was scowling triumphantly. "Nothin' to it. I swear, Scout, sometimes you act so much like a girl its mortifyin See there?" Jem was scowling triumphantly. "Nothin' to it. I swear, Scout, sometimes you act so much like a girl its mortifyin
Harper Lee quotes: When we reached the auditorium, the whole town was there except Atticus and the ladies worn out from decorating, and the usual outcasts and shut-ins. When we reached the auditorium, the whole town was there except Atticus and the ladies worn out from decorating, and the usual outcasts and shut-ins.
Harper Lee quotes: Asked him and he said he wasn't. Besides, nothin's real scary except on books. Asked him and he said he wasn't. Besides, nothin's real scary except on books.
Harper Lee quotes: Aunty said no, that's where we got our small hands and feet. Aunty said no, that's where we got our small hands and feet.
Harper Lee quotes: It seems to me, that love could be labeled poison and we'd drink it anyways. It seems to me, that love could be labeled poison and we'd drink it anyways.
Harper Lee quotes: No, don't tell me, let me tell you: you had a marvelous time but you wouldn't dream of living there. No, don't tell me, let me tell you: you had a marvelous time but you wouldn't dream of living there.
Harper Lee quotes: There was no point in saying you were sorry if you aren't. There was no point in saying you were sorry if you aren't.
Harper Lee quotes: I'm little but I'm old. I'm little but I'm old.
Harper Lee quotes: Jean Louise Finch always made this journey by air, Jean Louise Finch always made this journey by air,
Harper Lee quotes: His lips parted into a timid smile, and our neighbor's image blurred with my sudden tears. "Hey, Boo," I said. His lips parted into a timid smile, and our neighbor's image blurred with my sudden tears. "Hey, Boo," I said.
Harper Lee quotes: As a reader I loathe introductions ... Introductions inhibit pleasure, they kill the joy of anticipation, they frustrate curiosity. As a reader I loathe introductions ... Introductions inhibit pleasure, they kill the joy of anticipation, they frustrate curiosity.
Harper Lee quotes: She would have pondered over the meaninglessness of silent, austere beauty renewing itself with every sunrise and going ungazed at by half the world. She would have pondered over the meaninglessness of silent, austere beauty renewing itself with every sunrise and going ungazed at by half the world.
Harper Lee quotes: I do my best to love everybody I do my best to love everybody
Harper Lee quotes: Mutual defiance made them alike. Mutual defiance made them alike.
Harper Lee quotes: I do wish this time you'd try to dress better while you're home. Folks in town get the wrong impression of you. They think you areahslumming. I do wish this time you'd try to dress better while you're home. Folks in town get the wrong impression of you. They think you are
ah
slumming.
Harper Lee quotes: Equal rights for all, special privileges for none. Equal rights for all, special privileges for none.
Harper Lee quotes: Writing is simply something you must do. It's rather like virtue in that it is its own reward. Writing is simply something you must do. It's rather like virtue in that it is its own reward.
Harper Lee quotes: I'm Charles Baker Harris...I can read I'm Charles Baker Harris...I can read
Harper Lee quotes: Scout- .. Uncle Jack?"Uncle Jack- "Ma'am?"Scout- "What's a whore-lady? Scout- .. Uncle Jack?"

Uncle Jack- "Ma'am?"

Scout- "What's a whore-lady?
Harper Lee quotes: Ladies in bunches always filled me with vague apprehension and a firm desire to be elsewhere. Ladies in bunches always filled me with vague apprehension and a firm desire to be elsewhere.
Harper Lee quotes: She loved everything that grew on God's earth, even weeds. She loved everything that grew on God's earth, even weeds.
Harper Lee quotes: Talking to Francis gave me the sensation of settling slowly to the bottom of the ocean. Talking to Francis gave me the sensation of settling slowly to the bottom of the ocean.
Harper Lee quotes: First thing you learn when you're in a lawin' family is that there ain't any definite answers to anything. First thing you learn when you're in a lawin' family is that there ain't any definite answers to anything.
Harper Lee quotes: You've really got to start hitting the books because it's no joke out here. You've really got to start hitting the books because it's no joke out here.
Harper Lee quotes: I know now what he was trying to do, but Atticus was only a man. It takes awoman to do that kind of work. I know now what he was trying to do, but Atticus was only a man. It takes a
woman to do that kind of work.
Harper Lee quotes: A man can appear to be a part of something not-so-good on its face, but don't take it upon yourself to judge him unless you know his motives as well. A man can appear to be a part of something not-so-good on its face, but don't take it upon yourself to judge him unless you know his motives as well.
Harper Lee quotes: Blind, that's what I am. I never opened my eyes. I never thought to look into people's hearts, I looked only in their faces. Blind, that's what I am. I never opened my eyes. I never thought to look into people's hearts, I looked only in their faces.
Harper Lee quotes: There are ways of doing things you dont't know about There are ways of doing things you dont't know about
Harper Lee quotes: It's alive!" she screamed. The It's alive!" she screamed. The
Harper Lee quotes: People in their right minds never take pride in their talents. People in their right minds never take pride in their talents.
Harper Lee quotes: Try fighting with your head for a change ... it's a good one, even if it does resist learning. Try fighting with your head for a change ...
it's a good one, even if it does resist learning.
Harper Lee quotes: Nearly never kills a bird Nearly never kills a bird
Harper Lee quotes: If you did not want so much, there was plenty. If you did not want so much, there was plenty.
Harper Lee quotes: The cold water embraced hime like no woman ever could The cold water embraced hime like no woman ever could
Harper Lee quotes: Atticus was feeble: he was nearly fifty. Atticus was feeble: he was nearly fifty.
Harper Lee quotes: That Tom had a good chance of going free, or at least of having a new trial. That Tom had a good chance of going free, or at least of having a new trial.
Harper Lee quotes: Atticus said, I can take anything anybody calls me so long as it's not true. Atticus said, I can take anything anybody calls me so long as it's not true.
Harper Lee quotes: As Kipling said, that's another story... As Kipling said, that's another story...
Harper Lee quotes: Dear goodness, the things you learned. Dear goodness, the things you learned.
Harper Lee quotes: I just don't like my world disturbed without some warning. I just don't like my world disturbed without some warning.
Harper Lee quotes: The class murmured apprehensively, should she prove to harbor her share of the peculiarities indigenous to that region. The class murmured apprehensively, should she prove to harbor her share of the peculiarities indigenous to that region.
Harper Lee quotes: Naw, Jem, I think there's just one kind of folks. Folks.' Jem Naw, Jem, I think there's just one kind of folks. Folks.' Jem
Harper Lee quotes: She seemed glad to see me when I appeared in the kitchen, and by watching her I began to think there was some skill involved in being a girl. She seemed glad to see me when I appeared in the kitchen, and by watching her I began to think there was some skill involved in being a girl.
Harper Lee quotes: leave the place. From the day Mr Radley took Arthur home, people said the house died. But leave the place. From the day Mr Radley took Arthur home, people said the house died. But
Harper Lee quotes: Hey, Mr. Cunningham. How's your entailment gettin' along? Hey, Mr. Cunningham. How's your entailment gettin' along?
Harper Lee quotes: With him, life was routine; without him, life was unbearable. With him, life was routine; without him, life was unbearable.
Harper Lee quotes: One could be a ray of sunshine in pants as well. -Scout Finch One could be a ray of sunshine in pants as well. -Scout Finch

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