But before I can live with other folks I’ve got to live with myself.
HARPER LEEPeople generally see what they look for, and hear what they listen for.
More Harper Lee Quotes
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I would advise anyone who aspires to a writing career that before developing his talent he would be wise to develop a thick hide.
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Any writer worth his salt writes to please himself.
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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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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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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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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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Ladies pick funny things to be proud of.
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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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Summer was our best season: it was sleeping on the back screeneed porch in cots, or trying to sleep in the treehouse; summer was everything good to eat; it was a thousand colors in a parched landscape.
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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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Sometimes it’s better to bend the law a little in special cases.
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You rarely win, but sometimes you do.
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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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