All 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… Bitter
- Best way to clear the air is to have it all out in the open. Air
- I like to write. Sometimes I'm afraid that I like it too much because when I get into work I don't want to leave it.… Afraid
- 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… Any
- I have nothing but gratitude for the people who made the film. It was a most unusual experience. I'm no judge, and the only film… Aura
- You know, many writers really don't like to write. I think this the chief complaint of so many. They hate to write; they do it… Any
- Naturally, you don't sit down in "white hot inspiration" and write with a burning flame in front of you. But since I knew I could… Better
- My father is one of the few men I've known who has genuine humility, and it lends him a natural dignity. He has absolutely no… Absolutely
- It's quite a thing, if you've never been in or known a small southern town. The people are not particularly sophisticated, naturally. They're not worldly… Any
- When a man spends his relief checks on green whiskey his children have a way of crying from hunger pains. Checks
- My book had a universal theme. It's not a "racial" novel. It portrays an aspect of civilization, not necessarily Southern civilization. Aspect
- 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… Circus
- As I inched sluggishly along the treadmill of the Maycomb County school system, I could not help receiving the impression that I was being cheated… Along
- Real courage is when you know you're licked before you begin, but you begin anyway and see it through no matter what. Begin
- I think there's just one kind of folks. Folks. Folks
- 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… Bible
- You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view. Consider
- The one thing that doesn't abide by majority rule is a person's conscience. Abide
- 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… Any
- Until I feared I would lose it, I never loved to read. One does not love breathing. Appreciation
- You've really got to start hitting the books because it's no joke out here. Book
- 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… Any
- Atticus, he was real nice." "Most people are, Scout, when you finally see them. Atticus
- Miss Jean Louise, stand up. Your father's passin'. Father
- Summer, and he watches his children's heart break. Autumn again and Boo's children needed him. Atticus was right. One time he said you never really… Atticus