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.
HARPER LEEShe 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.
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 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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You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view.
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Until I feared I would lose it, I never loved to read. One does not love breathing.
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I wanted you to see what real courage is, instead of getting the idea that courage is a man with a gun in his hand.
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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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Serving on a jury forces a man to make up his mind and declare himself about something. Men don’t like to do that. Sometimes it’s unpleasant.
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Any writer worth his salt writes to please himself.
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But before I can live with other folks I’ve got to live with myself.
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We’re paying the highest tribute you can pay a man. We trust him to do right. It’s that simple.
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The one thing that doesn’t abide by majority rule is a person’s conscience.
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I think there’s just one kind of folks. Folks.
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Characters make their own plot. The dimensions of the characters determine the action of the novel.
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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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You rarely win, but sometimes you do.
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