As a reader I loathe introductions…Introductions inhibit pleasure, they kill the joy of anticipation, they frustrate curiosity.
HARPER LEEYou can choose your friends but you sho’ can’t choose your family, an’ they’re still kin to you no matter whether you acknowledge ’em or not, and it makes you look right silly when you don’t.
More Harper Lee Quotes
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People generally see what they look for, and hear what they listen for.
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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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A man can condemn his enemies, but it’s wiser to know them.
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You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view.
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It’s better to be silent than to be a fool.
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Characters make their own plot. The dimensions of the characters determine the action of the novel.
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The one thing that doesn’t abide by majority rule is a person’s conscience.
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Everybody’s gotta learn, nobody’s born knowing.
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I’m still old-fashioned. I love dusty old books and libraries.
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Prejudice, a dirty word, and faith, a clean one, have something in common: they both begin where reason ends.
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We’re paying the highest tribute you can pay a man. We trust him to do right. It’s that simple.
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Some 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.
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With him, life was routine; without him, life was unbearable.
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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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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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