You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view.
HARPER LEEReal courage is when you know you’re licked before you begin, but you begin anyway and see it through no matter what.
More Harper Lee Quotes
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Things are always better in the morning.
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Rest assured, as long as I am alive any book purporting to be with my cooperation is a falsehood.
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People generally see what they look for, and hear what they listen for.
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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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The 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.
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People in their right minds never take pride in their talents.
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Everybody’s gotta learn, nobody’s born knowing.
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Characters make their own plot. The dimensions of the characters determine the action of the novel.
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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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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.
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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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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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Are you proud of yourself tonight that you have insulted a total stranger whose circumstances you know nothing about?
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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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You rarely win, but sometimes you do.
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