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Me Quotes by Harper Lee
- I'm no idealist to believe firmly in the integrity of our courts and in the jury system - that is no ideal to me, it…
- Now, 75 years later in an abundant society where people have laptops, cell phones, iPods, and minds like empty rooms, I still plod along with…
- 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 never expected any sort of success with 'Mockingbird'... I sort of hoped someone would like it enough to give me encouragement.
- I'm no idealist to believe firmly in the integrity of our courts and in the jury system -- that is no ideal to me, it…
- 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…
- 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…
- Atticus told me to delete the adjectives and I'd have the facts.
- She seemed glad to see me when I appeared in the kitchen, and by watching her I began to think there was some skill involved…
- Neighbors bring food with death and flowers with sickness and little things in between. Boo was our neighbor. He gave us two soap dolls, a…
- 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…
- 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…
- 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…
- Talking to Francis gave me the sensation of settling slowly to the bottom of the ocean.
- 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…
- 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…
- Before Jem looks at anyone else he looks at me, and I’ve tried to live so I can look squarely back at him.
- Ladies in bunches always filled me with vague apprehension and a firm desire to be elsewhere.
- When they finally saw him, why he hadn't done any of those things . . . Atticus, he was real nice. . . .” His…
- Yeah, that's all," said Dill. "He'll probably come out after you when he sees you in the yard, then Scout'n' me'll jump on him and…
- We said good-bye, and Dill went inside the house. He evidently remembered he was engaged to me, for he ran back out and kissed me…
- For the life of me, I did not understand how he[Atticus] could sit there in cold blood and read a newspaper when his only son…
- Now that I was compelled to think about it, reading was something that just came to me, as learning to fasten the seat of my…
- 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 think I'm a…
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- To be free in an age like ours, one must be in a position of authority. That in itself would be enough… — Hannah Arendt
- I love you, and because I love you, I would sooner have you hate me for telling you the truth than adore… — Pietro Aretino
- Flattery and deceit are the darlings of great men, and so with these men spread the butter on thick, if you want… — Pietro Aretino
- Having been a child actor, I remember how directors would trick me to get good performances out of me. I don't think… — Asia Argento
- Boxing gave me the opportunities to grow into the person that I am today. — Alexis Arguello
- I try to push ideas away, and the ones that will not leave me alone are the ones that ultimately end up… — J. J. Abrams
- I'm literally open to any medium that will have me. — J. J. Abrams
- From heresy, frenzy and jealousy, good Lord deliver me. — Ludovico Ariosto
- Quickly, bring me a beaker of wine, so that I may wet my mind and say something clever. — Aristophanes
- My best friend is the man who in wishing me well wishes it for my sake. — Aristotle
- Plato is dear to me, but dearer still is truth. — Aristotle
- A real man loves his wife, and places his family as the most important thing in life. Nothing has brought me more… — Frank Abagnale