"Somewhere, I had received the impression that Fine……" — Harper Lee
"Somewhere, I had received the impression that Fine Folks were people who did the best they could with the sense they had, but Aunt Alexandra was of the opinion, obliquely expressed, that the longer a family had been squatting on one patch of land the finer it was."
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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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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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I never expected any sort of success with 'Mockingbird'... I sort of hoped someone would like it enough to give…
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After winning Ascot's Queen Alexandra Stakes on Brown Jack- If you'd been on your honeymoon, you couldn't have had a…
— Steve Donoghue
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During the years I lived here, the people of Alexandra ignored tribal and ethnic distinctions. Instead of being Xhosas, or…
— Nelson Mandela
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Nicolette, Kendalle, and Alexandra are my children. Their mother, Cynthia Beck, and I, love them very much.
— Gordon Getty
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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,…
— Harper Lee
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Alexandra was tall and blond, with a balcony you could do Shakespeare from.
— Simon R. Green
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There will never be another woman for me, Alexandra. You are my eternity. -Michael
— Lynn Viehl
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Another step had her backed up against the wall, and he braced his arms on both sides of her. "I'm…
— Johanna Lindsey
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I'm sorry I stood there like a half-wit, Count Petroff," she told him matter-of-factly, "but I was a bit--surprised. After…
— Johanna Lindsey
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Alexandra sighed. "I have a feeling that if you go away, you will not come back. Something will happen to…
— Willa Cather
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What are you looking at?" Jordan demanded finally, watching her. "A dragon." When he looked bewildered she lifted her arm…
— Judith McNaught
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MY BROTHER LEE ALEXANDRA
— ALEXANDRA
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Hey, Scottie! Raina's a fucked-up hoe-bag and you need to stay away from her! And she's going to be a…
— The Descendants
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