Until I feared I would lose it, I never loved to read. One does not love breathing.
HARPER LEEUntil I feared I would lose it, I never loved to read. One does not love breathing.
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 LEEYou never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view.
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 LEEPeople in their right minds never take pride in their talents.
HARPER LEERest assured, as long as I am alive any book purporting to be with my cooperation is a falsehood.
HARPER LEEAny writer worth his salt writes to please himself.
HARPER LEEI do my best to love everybody.
HARPER LEEThere’s no substitute for the love of language, for the beauty of an English sentence. There’s no substitute for struggling, if a struggle is needed, to make an English sentence as beautiful as it should be.
HARPER LEEBut sometimes we have to make the best of things, and the way we conduct ourselves when the chips are down.
HARPER LEEPeople generally see what they look for, and hear what they listen for.
HARPER LEESometimes it’s better to bend the law a little in special cases.
HARPER LEEYou rarely win, but sometimes you do.
HARPER LEEEverybody’s gotta learn, nobody’s born knowing.
HARPER LEEBad language is a stage all children go through, and it dies with time when they learn they’re not attracting attention with it.
HARPER LEEServing 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.
HARPER LEE