"Dill said striking a match under a turtle……" — Harper Lee
"Dill said striking a match under a turtle was hateful. “How do you know a match don't hurt him?” “Turtles can't feel, stupid,” said Jem. “Where you ever a turtle, huh?"
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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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If you cross a pickle with a female deer...You get a dill-doe!
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My personality, when tasked with creating meals, goes something like this: Is there a way we can make this more…
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I love dill pickles! They're on my rider for my concerts so I eat one every day.
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Don’t talk like that, Dill,” said Aunt Alexandra. “It’s not becoming to a child. It’s – cynical.” “I ain’t cynical,…
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Dill?" Mm?" Why do you reckon Boo Radleys never run off?" Dill sighed a long sigh and turned away from…
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I think I'll be a clown when I get grown,' said Dill. Jem and I stopped in our tracks. Yes…
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Dill was off again. Beautiful things floated around in his dreamy head. He could read two books to my one,…
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Yeah, that's all," said Dill. "He'll probably come out after you when he sees you in the yard, then Scout'n'…
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Dill if you don't hush I'll knock you bowlegged.
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We said good-bye, and Dill went inside the house. He evidently remembered he was engaged to me, for he ran…
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I had never thought about it, but summer was Dill by the fishpool smoking string, Dill's eyes alive with complicated…
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I don't give a fuck about you, you little fuck face get off of my back, go fuck your little…
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