You rarely win, but sometimes you do.
HARPER LEEYou rarely win, but sometimes you do.
HARPER LEEEverybody’s gotta learn, nobody’s born knowing.
HARPER LEESometimes the Bible in the hands of one man is worse than a whiskey bottle in the hands of another.
HARPER LEEI would advise anyone who aspires to a writing career that before developing his talent he would be wise to develop a thick hide.
HARPER LEEShe 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.
HARPER LEEAre you proud of yourself tonight that you have insulted a total stranger whose circumstances you know nothing about?
HARPER LEEBut before I can live with other folks I’ve got to live with myself.
HARPER LEEThe one place where a man ought to get a square deal is in a courtroom, be he any color of the rainbow, but people have a way of carrying their resentments right into a jury box.
HARPER LEESome negroes lie, some are immoral, some negro men are not be trusted around women – black and white. But this is a truth that applies to the human race and to no particular race of men.
HARPER LEEPrejudice, a dirty word, and faith, a clean one, have something in common: they both begin where reason ends.
HARPER LEEReal courage is when you know you’re licked before you begin, but you begin anyway and see it through no matter what.
HARPER LEEIt’s better to be silent than to be a fool.
HARPER LEEIt’s never an insult to be called what somebody thinks is a bad name. It just shows you how poor that person is, it doesn’t hurt you.
HARPER LEEThere’s a lot of ugly things in this world, son. I wish I could keep ’em all away from you. That’s never possible.
HARPER LEELadies in bunches always filled me with vague apprehension and a firm desire to be elsewhere.
HARPER LEEYou can’t really get to know a person until you get in their shoes and walk around in them.
HARPER LEE