Harper Lee Quotes
Top 100 wise famous quotes and sayings by Harper Lee
Harper Lee Famous Quotes & Sayings
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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.
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
I just know Maycomb. I'm not in the least sensitive about it, but good Lord, I'm certainly aware of it.
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
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.
Louise
Finch, you are going to die in three days.
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
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.
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.
Her favorite game was golf because its essential principles consisted of a stick, a small ball, and a state of mind.
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.
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.
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
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.
Ladies bathed before noon, after their three o'clock naps, and by nightfall were like soft teacakes with frostings of sweat and sweet talcum.
There are some men in this world who are born to do our unpleasant jobs for us. Your father's one of them.
See there?" Jem was scowling triumphantly. "Nothin' to it. I swear, Scout, sometimes you act so much like a girl its mortifyin
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.
No, don't tell me, let me tell you: you had a marvelous time but you wouldn't dream of living there.
His lips parted into a timid smile, and our neighbor's image blurred with my sudden tears. "Hey, Boo," I said.
As a reader I loathe introductions ... Introductions inhibit pleasure, they kill the joy of anticipation, they frustrate curiosity.
She would have pondered over the meaninglessness of silent, austere beauty renewing itself with every sunrise and going ungazed at by half the world.
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.
ah
slumming.
First thing you learn when you're in a lawin' family is that there ain't any definite answers to anything.
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.
woman to do that kind of work.
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.
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.
The class murmured apprehensively, should she prove to harbor her share of the peculiarities indigenous to that region.