When a child asks you something, answer him, for goodness sake. But don’t make a production of it. Children are children, but they can spot an evasion faster than adults, and evasion simply muddles ’em.
HARPER LEE
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More Harper Lee Quotes
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When a child asks you something, answer him, for goodness sake. But don’t make a production of it. Children are children, but they can spot an evasion faster than adults, and evasion simply muddles ’em.
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Are you proud of yourself tonight that you have insulted a total stranger whose circumstances you know nothing about?
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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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She seemed glad to see me when I appeared in the kitchen, and by watching her I began to think there was some skill involved in being a girl.
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Bad language is a stage all children go through, and it dies with time when they learn they’re not attracting attention with it.
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Any writer worth his salt writes to please himself.
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You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view.
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It’s better to be silent than to be a fool.
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You rarely win, but sometimes you do.
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It was times like these when I thought my father, who hated guns and had never been to any wars, was the bravest man who ever lived.
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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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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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I do my best to love everybody.
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I think there’s just one kind of folks. Folks.
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I do much of my creative thinking while golfing. If people know you’re working at home they think nothing of walking in for a cup of coffee, but wouldn’t dream of interrupting on the golf course.
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