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I think there’s just one kind of folks. Folks.

Harper Lee

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.
HARPER LEE

Family Myself Possible Protection Son Ugly World
Mockingbirds don’t do one thing but make music for us to enjoy. They don’t eat up people’s gardens, don’t nest in corncribs, they don’t do one thing but sing their hearts out for us. That’s why it’s a sin to kill a mockingbird.
HARPER LEE

Bird Destroy Enjoyment Garden Heart Music Sin Sing
There are some men in this world who are born to do our unpleasant jobs for us. Your father’s one of them.
HARPER LEE

Born Father Insult Job Man World Yourself
Real courage is when you know you’re licked before you begin, but you begin anyway and see it through no matter what.
HARPER LEE

Beginning Courage Reality See Yourself
But before I can live with other folks I’ve got to live with myself.
HARPER LEE

Deep Live Myself People Spiritual
Sometimes it’s better to bend the law a little in special cases.
HARPER LEE

Better Case Exception Law Special
With him, life was routine; without him, life was unbearable.
HARPER LEE

Himself Life Love Relationship Routine
Are you proud of yourself tonight that you have insulted a total stranger whose circumstances you know nothing about?
HARPER LEE

Circumstance Insult Night Proud Stranger Yourself
Serving 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

Focus Himself Man Mindset Service
People generally see what they look for, and hear what they listen for.
HARPER LEE

Listening People Personal Perspective See
Writing is a process of self-discipline you must learn before you can call yourself a writer. There are people who write, but I think they’re quite different from people who must write.
HARPER LEE

Deep Different Discipline Learning People Process Quite Writer Writing
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.
HARPER LEE

Break Desire Herself Mistake Persistence Strong Talk
Ladies pick funny things to be proud of.
HARPER LEE

Funny Pride Proud Woman
Things are always better in the morning.
HARPER LEE

Better Morning One Liner
Bad language is a stage all children go through, and it dies with time when they learn they’re not attracting attention with it.
HARPER LEE

Attention Attraction Bad Children Language Time
I wanted you to see what real courage is, instead of getting the idea that courage is a man with a gun in his hand.
HARPER LEE

Courage Hands Ideas Reality Weapon

I think there’s just one kind of folks. Folks.

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