Dill?" Mm?" Why do you reckon Boo Radleys never run off?" Dill sighed a long sigh and turned away from me. Maybe… — Harper Lee Copy Share Image
I like to write. Sometimes I'm afraid that I like it too much because when I get into work I don't want… — Harper Lee Copy Share Image
Rest assured, as long as I am alive any book purporting to be with my cooperation is a falsehood, — Harper Lee Copy Share Image
Jem gave a reasonable description of Boo: Boo was about six-and-a-half feet tall, judging from his tracks; he dined on raw squirrels… — Harper Lee Copy Share Image
I've been writing as long as I've been able to form words. I never wrote with an idea of publishing anything until… — Harper Lee Copy Share Image
Long ago, in a burst of friendliness, Aunty and Uncle Jimmy produced a son named Henry… — Harper Lee Copy Share Image
Maycomb was a tired old town, even in 1932 when I first knew it. Somehow, it was hotter then. Men's stiff collars… — Harper Lee Copy Share Image
They're real strong magic, they make you have good luck. Not like fried chicken when you're not lookin' for it, but things… — Harper Lee Copy Share Image
“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… — Harper Lee Copy Share Image
That proves something- that a gang of wild animals can be stopped, simply because they're still human. — Harper Lee Copy Share Image
“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… — Harper Lee Copy Share Image
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… — Harper Lee Copy Share Image
“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’… — Harper Lee Copy Share Image
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… — Harper Lee Copy Share Image
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,… — Harper Lee Copy Share Image
“To begin with, this case should never have come to trial. The state has not produced one iota of medical evidence that the crime… — Harper Lee Copy Share Image
“Naw, Jem. I think that there is just one kind of folks. Folks." Jen turned and punched his pillow. WHen he settle back his… — Harper Lee Copy Share Image
“The course of English Literature would have been decidedly different had Mr. Wordsworth owned a power mower.” — Harper Lee Copy Share Image