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 LEELadies pick funny things to be proud of.
More Harper Lee Quotes
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I do my best to love everybody.
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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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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.
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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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Sometimes the Bible in the hands of one man is worse than a whiskey bottle in the hands of another.
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Ladies pick funny things to be proud of.
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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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A man can condemn his enemies, but it’s wiser to know them.
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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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I’m still old-fashioned. I love dusty old books and libraries.
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My objectives are very limited. I want to do the best I can with the talent God gave me. I hope to goodness that every novel I do gets better and better, not worse and worse.
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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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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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It’s never an insult to be called what somebody thinks is a bad name. It just shows you how poor that person is, it doesn’t hurt you.
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Characters make their own plot. The dimensions of the characters determine the action of the novel.
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