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Harper Lee quotes

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“There are just some kind of men who—who're so busy worrying about the next world they've never learned to live in this one, and you can look down the street and see the results.” Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird
“People generally see what they look for, and hear what they listen for” Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird
“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. It's when you know you're licked before you begin but you begin anyway and you see it through no matter what. You rarely win, but...” Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird
“Mockingbirds don't do one thing but make music for us to enjoy. They don't eat up people's gardens, don't nest in corncribs, they don't do one thing but sing their hearts out for us. That's why it's a sin to kill a mockingbird.” Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird
“before I can live with other folks I've got to live with myself. The one thing that doesn't abide by majority rule is a person's conscience.” Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird
“my father, who hated guns and had never been to any wars, was the bravest man who ever lived.” Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird
“Why reasonable people go stark raving mad when anything involving a Negro comes up, is something I don't pretend to understand…” Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird
“People in their right minds never take pride in their talents” Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird
“You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view” Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird
“Lawyers, I suppose, were children once.” Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird
“Atticus told me to delete the adjectives and I'd have the facts.” Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird
“Until I feared I would lose it, I never loved to read. One does not love breathing.” Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird
“With him, life was routine; without him, life was unbearable.” Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird
“In Maycomb, if one went for a walk with no definite purpose in mind, it was correct to believe one's mind incapable of definite purpose. ” Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird
“Things are never as bad as they seem.” Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird
“You're not gonna change any of them by talkin' right, they've got to want to learn themselves, and when they don't want to learn there's nothing you can do but keep your mouth shut or talk their language. ” Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird

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