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 LEEBad language is a stage all children go through, and it dies with time when they learn they’re not attracting attention with it.
More Harper Lee Quotes
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Things are never as bad as they seem.
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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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I think there’s just one kind of folks. Folks.
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As a reader I loathe introductions…Introductions inhibit pleasure, they kill the joy of anticipation, they frustrate curiosity.
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Ladies pick funny things to be proud of.
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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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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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People generally see what they look for, and hear what they listen for.
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A man can condemn his enemies, but it’s wiser to know them.
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I’m still old-fashioned. I love dusty old books and libraries.
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I do my best to love everybody.
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Sometimes the Bible in the hands of one man is worse than a whiskey bottle in the hands of another.
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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.
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Characters make their own plot. The dimensions of the characters determine the action of the novel.
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You rarely win, but sometimes you do.
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