I’m still old-fashioned. I love dusty old books and libraries.
HARPER LEEI’m still old-fashioned. I love dusty old books and libraries.
HARPER LEEThings are always better in the morning.
HARPER LEEThere’s no substitute for the love of language, for the beauty of an English sentence. There’s no substitute for struggling, if a struggle is needed, to make an English sentence as beautiful as it should be.
HARPER LEEPrejudice, a dirty word, and faith, a clean one, have something in common: they both begin where reason ends.
HARPER LEEUntil I feared I would lose it, I never loved to read. One does not love breathing.
HARPER LEEAs 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.
HARPER LEEI do my best to love everybody.
HARPER LEEBut before I can live with other folks I’ve got to live with myself.
HARPER LEERest assured, as long as I am alive any book purporting to be with my cooperation is a falsehood.
HARPER LEEThere’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 LEEBad language is a stage all children go through, and it dies with time when they learn they’re not attracting attention with it.
HARPER LEEI would advise anyone who aspires to a writing career that before developing his talent he would be wise to develop a thick hide.
HARPER LEESometimes the Bible in the hands of one man is worse than a whiskey bottle in the hands of another.
HARPER LEEThings are never as bad as they seem.
HARPER LEECharacters make their own plot. The dimensions of the characters determine the action of the novel.
HARPER LEEIt’s better to be silent than to be a fool.
HARPER LEE