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 LEEThe 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 LEEI think there’s just one kind of folks. Folks.
HARPER LEEI’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.
HARPER LEEIt 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.
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 LEEReal courage is when you know you’re licked before you begin, but you begin anyway and see it through no matter what.
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 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 LEEThe one thing that doesn’t abide by majority rule is a person’s conscience.
HARPER LEEWith him, life was routine; without him, life was unbearable.
HARPER LEEYou never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view.
HARPER LEEShe 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.
HARPER LEEThings are always better in the morning.
HARPER LEEYou can choose your friends but you sho’ can’t choose your family, an’ they’re still kin to you no matter whether you acknowledge ’em or not, and it makes you look right silly when you don’t.
HARPER LEE