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Harper Lee Quotes: "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."

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.



Harper Lee Quotes: "The things that happen to people we never really know. What happens in houses behind closed doors, what secrets -"

The things that happen to people we never really know. What happens in houses behind closed doors, what secrets -




Harper Lee Quotes: "People generally see what they look for, and hear what they listen for."

People generally see what they look for, and hear what they listen for.



Harper Lee Quotes: "Real courage is when you know you're licked before you begin, but you begin anyway and see it through no matter what."

Real courage is when you know you're licked before you begin, but you begin anyway and see it through no matter what.




Harper Lee Quotes: "He turned out the light and went into Jem's room. He would be there all night, and he would be there when Jem waked up in the morning."

He turned out the light and went into Jem's room. He would be there all night, and he would be there when Jem waked up in the morning.



Harper Lee Quotes: "Things are always better in the morning."

Things are always better in the morning.



Harper Lee Quotes: "It's not necessary to tell all you know."

It's not necessary to tell all you know.




Harper Lee Quotes: "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."

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.



Harper Lee Quotes: "...but before I can live with other folks I've got to live with myself."

...but before I can live with other folks I've got to live with myself.



Harper Lee Quotes: "Prejudice, a dirty word, and faith, a clean one, have something in common: they both begin where reason ends."

Prejudice, a dirty word, and faith, a clean one, have something in common: they both begin where reason ends.



Harper Lee Quotes: "Way back about nineteen-twenty there was a Klan... The Ku Klux's gone... It'll never come back."

Way back about nineteen-twenty there was a Klan... The Ku Klux's gone... It'll never come back.



Harper Lee Quotes: "Until I feared I would lose it, I never loved to read. One does not love breathing."

Until I feared I would lose it, I never loved to read. One does not love breathing.




Harper Lee Quotes: "Atticus told me to delete the adjectives and I'd have the facts."

Atticus told me to delete the adjectives and I'd have the facts.



Harper Lee Quotes: "It's not necessary to tell all you know. It's not ladylike--in the second place, folks don't like to have somebody around knowin' more than they do."

It's not necessary to tell all you know. It's not ladylike--in the second place, folks don't like to have somebody around knowin' more than they do.



Harper Lee Quotes: "Ladies bathed before noon, after their three o'clock naps, and by nightfall were like soft teacakes with frostings of sweat and sweet talcum."

Ladies bathed before noon, after their three o'clock naps, and by nightfall were like soft teacakes with frostings of sweat and sweet talcum.



Harper Lee Quotes: "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."

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.



Harper Lee Quotes: "People in their right minds never take pride in their talents."

People in their right minds never take pride in their talents.



Harper Lee Quotes: "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."

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 Lee Quotes: "I think there's just one kind of folks. Folks."

I think there's just one kind of folks. Folks.



Harper Lee Quotes: "Boo was our neighbor. He gave us two soap dolls, a broken watch and chain, a pair of good-luck pennies, and our lives."

Boo was our neighbor. He gave us two soap dolls, a broken watch and chain, a pair of good-luck pennies, and our lives.



Harper Lee Quotes: "Sometimes the Bible in the hands of one man is worse than a whiskey bottle in the hands of another."

Sometimes the Bible in the hands of one man is worse than a whiskey bottle in the hands of another.



Harper Lee Quotes: "You just hold your head high and keep those fists down. No matter what anybody says to you, don't you let 'em get your goat. Try fighting with your head for a change..."

You just hold your head high and keep those fists down. No matter what anybody says to you, don't you let 'em get your goat. Try fighting with your head for a change...



Harper Lee Quotes: "You rarely win, but sometimes you do."

You rarely win, but sometimes you do.



Harper Lee Quotes: "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."

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.



Harper Lee Quotes: "Now...in an abundant society where people have laptops, cell phones, ipods and minds like empty rooms, I still plod along with books."

Now...in an abundant society where people have laptops, cell phones, ipods and minds like empty rooms, I still plod along with books.



Harper Lee Quotes: "My objectives are very limited. I want to do the best I can with the talent God gave me. I hope to goodness that every novel I do gets better and better, not worse and worse."

My objectives are very limited. I want to do the best I can with the talent God gave me. I hope to goodness that every novel I do gets better and better, not worse and worse.



Harper Lee Quotes: "There's a lot of ugly things in this world, son. I wish I could keep 'em all away from you. That's never possible."

There'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 Lee Quotes: "Any writer worth his salt writes to please himself."

Any writer worth his salt writes to please himself.



Harper Lee Quotes: "Are you proud of yourself tonight that you have insulted a total stranger whose circumstances you know nothing about?"

Are you proud of yourself tonight that you have insulted a total stranger whose circumstances you know nothing about?



Harper Lee Quotes: "I think I'll be a clown when I get grown.... There ain't one thing in this world I can do about folks except laugh, so I'm gonna join the circus and laugh my head off."

I think I'll be a clown when I get grown.... There ain't one thing in this world I can do about folks except laugh, so I'm gonna join the circus and laugh my head off.



Harper Lee Quotes: "I'm gonna be a new kind of clown. I'm gonna stand in the middle of the ring and laugh at the folks."

I'm gonna be a new kind of clown. I'm gonna stand in the middle of the ring and laugh at the folks.



Harper Lee Quotes: "There are some men in this world who are born to do our unpleasant jobs for us. Your father's one of them."

There are some men in this world who are born to do our unpleasant jobs for us. Your father's one of them.



Harper Lee Quotes: "Characters make their own plot. The dimensions of the characters determine the action of the novel."

Characters make their own plot. The dimensions of the characters determine the action of the novel.



Harper Lee Quotes: "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."

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.



Harper Lee Quotes: "Everybody’s gotta learn, nobody’s born knowing."

Everybody’s gotta learn, nobody’s born knowing.



Harper Lee Quotes: "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."

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 Lee Quotes: "Ladies pick funny things to be proud of."

Ladies pick funny things to be proud of.



Harper Lee Quotes: "We're paying the highest tribute you can pay a man. We trust him to do right. It's that simple."

We're paying the highest tribute you can pay a man. We trust him to do right. It's that simple.



Harper Lee Quotes: "This time we aren't fighting the Yankees, we're fighting our friends. But remember this, no matter how bitter things get, they're still our friends and this is still our home."

This time we aren't fighting the Yankees, we're fighting our friends. But remember this, no matter how bitter things get, they're still our friends and this is still our home.



Harper Lee Quotes: "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."

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.



Harper Lee Quotes: "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."

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.



Harper Lee Quotes: "When a child asks you something, answer him, for goodness' sake."

When a child asks you something, answer him, for goodness' sake.



Harper Lee Quotes: "I would advise anyone who aspires to a writing career that before developing his talent he would be wise to develop a thick hide."

I would advise anyone who aspires to a writing career that before developing his talent he would be wise to develop a thick hide.



Harper Lee Quotes: "Things are never as bad as they seem."

Things are never as bad as they seem.



Harper Lee Quotes: "I try to give'em a reason, you see. It helps folks if they can latch onto a reason."

I try to give'em a reason, you see. It helps folks if they can latch onto a reason.



Harper Lee Quotes: "It's not time to worry yet"

It's not time to worry yet



Harper Lee Quotes: "Any writer worth his salt writes to please himself...It's a self-exploratory operation that is endless. An exorcism of not necessarily his demon, but of his divine discontent."

Any writer worth his salt writes to please himself...It's a self-exploratory operation that is endless. An exorcism of not necessarily his demon, but of his divine discontent.



Harper Lee Quotes: "You've really got to start hitting the books because it's no joke out here."

You've really got to start hitting the books because it's no joke out here.



Harper Lee Quotes: "Mutual defiance made them alike."

Mutual defiance made them alike.