"Atticus said that Jem was trying hard to……" — Harper Lee
"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 time passed. Then he would be able to think about it and sort things out. When he was able to think about it, Jem would be himself again."
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189 Quotes by Harper Lee
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