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First Quotes by Harper Lee
- I didn't expect the book to sell in the first place. I was hoping for a quick and merciful death at the hands of reviewers…
- I was a first-time writer, so I did as I was told. I hadn’t realized it (the original book) had survived, so was surprised and…
- 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…
- Maycomb was a tired old town, even in 1932 when I first knew it. Somehow, it was hotter then. Men's stiff collars wilted by nine…
- 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…
- 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…
- Miss Caroline seemed unaware that the ragged, denim-shirted and floursack-skirted first grade, most of whom had chopped cotton and fed hogs from the time they…
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- For though we love both the truth and our friends, piety requires us to honor the truth first. — Aristotle
- He who is to be a good ruler must have first been ruled. — Aristotle
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