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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

Things are never as bad as they seem.
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Appearance Bad One Liner
With him, life was routine; without him, life was unbearable.
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Himself Life Love Relationship Routine
I’m no idealist to believe firmly in the integrity of our courts and in the jury system – that is no ideal to me, it is a living, working reality.
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Believe Court Health Ideal Integrity Live Work
Ladies pick funny things to be proud of.
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Funny Pride Proud Woman
Any writer worth his salt writes to please himself.
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Himself Worth Writing
Writing is something you’ll never learn in any university or at any school. It’s something that is within you, and if it isn’t there, nothing can put it there.
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Education Learning Writing Yourself
Characters make their own plot. The dimensions of the characters determine the action of the novel.
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Action Character Determination Dimension Novel Story
There are some men in this world who are born to do our unpleasant jobs for us. Your father’s one of them.
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Born Father Insult Job Man World Yourself
It’s better to be silent than to be a fool.
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Better Fools Silence
My objectives are very limited. I want to do the best I can with the talent God gave me. I hope to goodness that every novel I do gets better and better, not worse and worse.
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Best God Goodness Hope Limitation Myself Objective Talent Worst
She knew full well the enormity of her offense, but because her desires were stronger than the code she was breaking, she persisted in breaking it.
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Break Desire Herself Mistake Persistence Strong Talk
I’m still old-fashioned. I love dusty old books and libraries.
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Book Fashion Library Love Myself Old
A man can condemn his enemies, but it’s wiser to know them.
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Enemy Man Wisdom
Sometimes it’s better to bend the law a little in special cases.
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Better Case Exception Law Special
Until I feared I would lose it, I never loved to read. One does not love breathing.
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Breathe Fear Lose Love Myself Oneself Reading
Real courage is when you know you’re licked before you begin, but you begin anyway and see it through no matter what.
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Beginning Courage Reality See Yourself

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.

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