Ladies pick funny things to be proud of.
HARPER LEESometimes it’s better to bend the law a little in special cases.
More Harper Lee Quotes
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You rarely win, but sometimes you do.
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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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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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The one thing that doesn’t abide by majority rule is a person’s conscience.
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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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Any writer worth his salt writes to please himself.
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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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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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Characters make their own plot. The dimensions of the characters determine the action of the novel.
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Rest assured, as long as I am alive any book purporting to be with my cooperation is a falsehood.
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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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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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Are you proud of yourself tonight that you have insulted a total stranger whose circumstances you know nothing about?
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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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