"Bad language is a stage all children go……" — Harper Lee
"Bad language is a stage all children go through, and it dies with time when they learn they're not attracting attention with it."
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189 Quotes by Harper Lee
Harper Lee has 189 quotes on this site.
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I do much of my creative thinking while golfing. If people know you're working at home they think nothing of…
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I'm no idealist to believe firmly in the integrity of our courts and in the jury system - that is…
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Wordsworth was right when he said that we trail clouds of glory as we come into the world, that we…
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Writing is a process of self-discipline you must learn before you can call yourself a writer. There are people who…
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Now, 75 years later in an abundant society where people have laptops, cell phones, iPods, and minds like empty rooms,…
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Rest assured, as long as I am alive any book purporting to be with my cooperation is a falsehood,
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Somewhere, I had received the impression that Fine Folks were people who did the best they could with the sense…
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Why reasonable people go stark raving mad when anything involving a Negro comes up, is something I don't pretend to…
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I didn't expect the book to sell in the first place. I was hoping for a quick and merciful death…
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As I made my way home, I thought Jem and I would get grown but there wasn't much else for…
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Any writer worth his salt writes to please himself.
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I wanted you to see what real courage is, instead of getting the idea that courage is a man with…
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We must all make peace so that we can all live in peace.
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Wise people, even though all laws were abolished, would still lead the same life.
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A friend to all is a friend to none.
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