It’s never an insult to be called what somebody thinks is a bad name. It just shows you how poor that person… — Harper Lee Copy Share Image
I could think of nothing else to say to her. In fact I could never think of anything to say to her,… — Harper Lee Copy Share Image
As you grow up, always tell the truth, do no harm to others, and don't think you are the most important being… — Harper Lee Copy Share Image
She seemed glad to see me when I appeared in the kitchen, and by watching her I began to think there was… — Harper Lee Copy Share Image
No, everybody's gotta learn, nobody's born knowin'. That Walter's as smart as he can be, he just gets held back sometimes because… — Harper Lee Copy Share Image
“The book to read is not the one that thinks for you but the one which makes you think.” — Harper Lee Copy Share Image
Wordsworth was right when he said that we trail clouds of glory as we come into the world, that we are born… — Harper Lee Copy Share Image
If this thing's hushed up it'll be a simple denial to Jem of the way I've tried to raise him. Sometimes I… — Harper Lee Copy Share Image
Writing is a process of self-discipline you must learn before you can call yourself a writer. There are people who write, but… — Harper Lee Copy Share Image
Now that I was compelled to think about it, reading was something that just came to me, as learning to fasten the… — Harper Lee Copy Share Image
Atticus said that Jem was trying hard to forget something, but what he was really doing was storing it away for a… — Harper Lee Copy Share Image
If there's just one kind of folks, why can't they get along with each other? If they're all alike, why do they… — Harper Lee Copy Share Image
You know, many writers really don't like to write. I think this the chief complaint of so many. They hate to write;… — Harper Lee Copy Share Image
I do much of my creative thinking while golfing. If people know you're working at home they think nothing of walking in… — Harper Lee Copy Share Image
I think I'll be a clown when I get grown,' said Dill. Jem and I stopped in our tracks. Yes sir, a… — Harper Lee Copy Share Image
I think I'll be a clown when I get grown.... There ain't one thing in this world I can do about folks… — 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
“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
