It’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 LEEMy 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.
More Harper Lee Quotes
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With him, life was routine; without him, life was unbearable.
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You can’t really get to know a person until you get in their shoes and walk around in them.
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Characters make their own plot. The dimensions of the characters determine the action of the novel.
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Bad language is a stage all children go through, and it dies with time when they learn they’re not attracting attention with it.
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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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A man can condemn his enemies, but it’s wiser to know them.
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I think there’s just one kind of folks. Folks.
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Any writer worth his salt writes to please himself.
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Until I feared I would lose it, I never loved to read. One does not love breathing.
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There’s a lot of ugly things in this world, son. I wish I could keep ’em all away from you. That’s never possible.
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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.
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Everybody’s gotta learn, nobody’s born knowing.
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Ladies pick funny things to be proud of.
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As a reader I loathe introductions…Introductions inhibit pleasure, they kill the joy of anticipation, they frustrate curiosity.
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You rarely win, but sometimes you do.
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