But before I can live with other folks I’ve got to live with myself.
HARPER LEEWriting 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.
More Harper Lee Quotes
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It’s better to be silent than to be a fool.
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Things are never as bad as they seem.
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The one thing that doesn’t abide by majority rule is a person’s conscience.
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The book to read is not the one which thinks for you, but the one which makes you think. No book in the world equals the Bible for that.
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Serving on a jury forces a man to make up his mind and declare himself about something. Men don’t like to do that. Sometimes it’s unpleasant.
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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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As you grow up, always tell the truth, do no harm to others, and don’t think you are the most important being on earth. Rich or poor, you then can look anyone in the eye and say, ‘I’m probably no better than you, but I’m certainly your equal.
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With him, life was routine; without him, life was unbearable.
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A man can condemn his enemies, but it’s wiser to know them.
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Any writer worth his salt writes to please himself.
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Sometimes it’s better to bend the law a little in special cases.
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I wanted you to see what real courage is, instead of getting the idea that courage is a man with a gun in his hand.
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I’m still old-fashioned. I love dusty old books and libraries.
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People in their right minds never take pride in their talents.
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Ladies pick funny things to be proud of.
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