--- title: "5 Aunt Quotes By Harper Lee" description: "5 Aunt quotes by Harper Lee. Plus more from Harper Lee and more Aunt sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/05e/harper-lee-451_aunt_whether-maycomb-knows-it-or-not-we-re-pa_112593.jpg" --- > [“Whether Maycomb knows it or not, we're paying the highest tribute we can pay a man. We trust him to do right.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harper-lee/whether-maycomb-knows-it-or-not-we-re-paying-the-highest-tribute-we/) [Harper Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harper-lee/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/05e/harper-lee-451_aunt_whether-maycomb-knows-it-or-not-we-re-pa_112593.jpg) > [Somewhere, I had received the impression that Fine Folks were people who did the best they could with the sense they had,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harper-lee/somewhere-i-had-received-the-impression-that-fine-folks-were-people/) [Harper Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harper-lee/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8f6/harper-lee-451_aunt_somewhere-i-had-received-the-impression_726373.png) > [Don’t talk like that, Dill,” said Aunt Alexandra. “It’s not becoming to a child. It’s – cynical.” “I ain’t cynical, Miss Alexandra.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harper-lee/don-t-talk-like-that-dill-said-aunt-alexandra-it-s-not-becoming-to-a/) [Harper Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harper-lee/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ffc/harper-lee-451_aunt_don-t-talk-like-that-dill-said-aunt-alex_2816515.png) > [“My Lord, Aunt Stephanie, you almost gave me a heart attack!”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harper-lee/my-lord-aunt-stephanie-you-almost-gave-me-a-heart-attack/) [Harper Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harper-lee/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/476/harper-lee-451_aunt_my-lord-aunt-stephanie-you-almost-gave-m_2908214.png) > [“I never understood her preoccupation with heredity. Somewhere, I had received the impression that Fine Folks were people who did the best…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harper-lee/i-never-understood-her-preoccupation-with-heredity-somewhere-i-had/) [Harper Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harper-lee/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/267/harper-lee-451_aunt_i-never-understood-her-preoccupation-wit_2919155.png) ## Other authors on Aunt ## More by Harper Lee > [“No jury in this part of the world's going to say, "We think you're guilty, but not very," on a charge like that. It…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harper-lee/no-jury-in-this-part-of-the-world-s-going-to-say-we-think-you-re/) [Harper Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harper-lee/) > [That proves something- that a gang of wild animals can be stopped, simply because they're still human.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harper-lee/that-proves-something-that-a-gang-of-wild-animals-can-be-stopped/) [Harper Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harper-lee/) > [“I wanted you to see something about her—I wanted you to see what real courage is, instead of getting the idea that courage is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harper-lee/i-wanted-you-to-see-something-about-her-i-wanted-you-to-see-what-real/) [Harper Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harper-lee/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harper-lee/any-writer-worth-his-salt-writes-to-please-himself-it-s-a-self/) [Harper Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harper-lee/) > [“folks don’t like to have somebody around knowin’ more than they do. It aggravates ’em. You’re not gonna change any of them by talkin’…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harper-lee/folks-don-t-like-to-have-somebody-around-knowin-more-than-they-do-it/) [Harper Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harper-lee/) > [ “...\[Summer\] was a thousand colors in a parched landscape...” ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harper-lee/summer-was-a-thousand-colors-in-a-parched-landscape/) [Harper Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harper-lee/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harper-lee/it-s-never-an-insult-to-be-called-what-somebody-thinks-is-a-bad-name/) [Harper Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harper-lee/) > [I wonder how much of the day I spend just callin' after you.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harper-lee/i-wonder-how-much-of-the-day-i-spend-just-callin-after-you/) [Harper Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harper-lee/) > [Writing is something you'll never learn in any university or at any school. It's something that is within you, and if it isn't there,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harper-lee/writing-is-something-you-ll-never-learn-in-any-university-or-at-any/) [Harper Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harper-lee/) > [“To begin with, this case should never have come to trial. The state has not produced one iota of medical evidence that the crime…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harper-lee/to-begin-with-this-case-should-never-have-come-to-trial-the-state-has/) [Harper Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harper-lee/) > [“Naw, Jem. I think that there is just one kind of folks. Folks." Jen turned and punched his pillow. WHen he settle back his…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harper-lee/naw-jem-i-think-that-there-is-just-one-kind-of-folks-folks-jen-turned/) [Harper Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harper-lee/) > [“The course of English Literature would have been decidedly different had Mr. Wordsworth owned a power mower.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harper-lee/the-course-of-english-literature-would-have-been-decidedly-different/) [Harper Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harper-lee/) > [I would like to be the chronicler of something that I think is going down the drain very swiftly, and that is small-town, middle-class…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harper-lee/i-would-like-to-be-the-chronicler-of-something-that-i-think-is-going/) [Harper Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harper-lee/) > [“The gum looked fresh. I sniffed it and it smelled all right. I licked it and waited for a while. When I did not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harper-lee/the-gum-looked-fresh-i-sniffed-it-and-it-smelled-all-right-i-licked/) [Harper Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harper-lee/) > [I just thought you'd like to know I can read. You got anything needs readin' I can do it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harper-lee/i-just-thought-you-d-like-to-know-i-can-read-you-got-anything-needs/) [Harper Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harper-lee/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/aunt/harper-lee/#itemlist", "name": "5 Aunt Quotes By Harper Lee", "numberOfItems": 5, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Whether Maycomb knows it or not, we're paying the highest tribute we can pay a man. We trust him to do right. It's that simple.' 'Who?' Aunt Alexandra never knew she was echoing her twelve-year-old nephew. 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