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.
HARPER LEEYou can’t really get to know a person until you get in their shoes and walk around in them.
More Harper Lee Quotes
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With him, life was routine; without him, life was unbearable.
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I do my best to love everybody.
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Things are always better in the morning.
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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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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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A man can condemn his enemies, but it’s wiser to know them.
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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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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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You rarely win, but sometimes you do.
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I’m still old-fashioned. I love dusty old books and libraries.
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You 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.
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But sometimes we have to make the best of things, and the way we conduct ourselves when the chips are down.
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Sometimes it’s better to bend the law a little in special cases.
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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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Characters make their own plot. The dimensions of the characters determine the action of the novel.
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