All Harper Lee Quotes
- As a reader I loathe introductions...Introductions inhibit pleasure, they kill the joy of anticipation, they frustrate curiosity. Anticipation
- As you grow older, you'll see white men cheat black men every day of your life, but let me tell you something and don't you… Anti Racism
- They're real strong magic, they make you have good luck. Not like fried chicken when you're not lookin' for it, but things like long life… Chicken
- 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. Tellin’ the truth’s… Ain T
- Atticus said naming people after Confederate generals made slow steady drinkers. Atticus
- Being Southerners, it was a source of shame to some members of the family that we had no recorded ancestors on either side of the… Ancestor
- I suppose she chose me because she knew my name; as I read the alphabet a faint line appeared between her eyebrows, and after making… Aloud
- Long ago, in a burst of friendliness, Aunty and Uncle Jimmy produced a son named Henry… Ago
- The remainder of my schooldays were no more auspicious than the first. Indeed, they were an endless Project that slowly evolved into a Unit, in… Alabama
- When I pointed to him his palms slipped slightly, leaving greasy sweat streaks on the wall, and he hooked his thumbs in his belt. A… Already Knows
- She was born in the Objective case. Born
- Talking to Francis gave me the sensation of settling slowly to the bottom of the ocean. Bottom
- 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 he has to… Back Sometimes
- 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.… Anybody
- 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. Believe
- You can choose your friends but you sho' can't choose your family, an' they're still kin to you no matter whether you acknowledge 'em or… Acknowledge
- There's just some kind of men you have to shoot before you can say hidy to 'em. Even then, they ain't worth the bullet it… Bullet
- Atticus said that Jem was trying hard to forget something, but what he was really doing was storing it away for a while, until enough… Able
- So it took an eight-year-old child to bring 'em to their senses.... That proves something - that a gang of wild animals can be stopped,… Animal
- Clowns are sad, it's folks that laugh at them." "Well, I'm gonna be a new kind of clown. I'm gonna stand in the middle of… Clown
- Bad language is a stage all children go through, and it dies with time when they learn they're not attracting attention with it. All
- Dill?" Mm?" Why do you reckon Boo Radleys never run off?" Dill sighed a long sigh and turned away from me. Maybe he doesn't have… Anywhere
- People in their right minds never take pride in their talents. Mind
- I was not so sure, but Jem told me I was being a girl, that girls always imagined things, that’s why other people hated them… Always Imagined
- 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… Don T