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.
HARPER LEEIt’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.
More Harper Lee Quotes
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You can’t really get to know a person until you get in their shoes and walk around in them.
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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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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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Everybody’s gotta learn, nobody’s born knowing.
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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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Rest assured, as long as I am alive any book purporting to be with my cooperation is a falsehood.
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A man can condemn his enemies, but it’s wiser to know them.
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You rarely win, but sometimes you do.
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Things are always better in the morning.
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Any writer worth his salt writes to please himself.
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People in their right minds never take pride in their talents.
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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.
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Writing is a process of self-discipline you must learn before you can call yourself a writer. There are people who write, but I think they’re quite different from people who must write.
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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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The one thing that doesn’t abide by majority rule is a person’s conscience.
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