Quote by Harper Lee Download Open image ““Then Jem said hush a minute. I thought he was thinkin‘—he always wants you to hush so he can think.”” — Harper Lee ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 5.0 out of 5 (8 ratings) Copy quoteShare
“Hush," he murmured. "There now. Hush." He traced his finger along her jaw. "That is a sweet thought," he whispered. "Except, my lady, I… — Heather Dixon Copy Share Image
“I told you before, Jem, that you would not leave me," Will said, his bloody hand on the hilt of the dagger. "And you… — Cassandra Clare Copy Share Image
“I lay on my stomach, reached down and poked him. He rolled up. Then, feeling safe, I suppose, he slowly unrolled. He travelled a… — Harper Lee Copy Share Image
“Well, in the first place, you stopped to gimme a chance to tell you my side of it- you just lit right into me.… — Harper Lee Copy Share Image
“I was too surprised to cry. I crept from Jem’s room and shut the door softly, lest undue noise set him off again. Suddenly… — Harper Lee Copy Share Image
“I thought you needed me," Jem said. "There is a wall you have built about yourself, Will, and I have never asked you why.… — Cassandra Clare Copy Share Image
“So you don't ever get angry at him?" Jem laughed out loud. "I would hardly say that. Sometimes I want to strangle him." "How… — Cassandra Clare Copy Share Image
“No one appreciated Jem properly, anyway. All they see is his disease. He's beautiful, and you don't have to look that closely to see… — Abria Mattina Copy Share Image
“you soon find out how loud the silence really is. everything unsaid leads eventually to what is said.” — Colum McCann Copy Share Image
“No jury in this part of the world's going to say, "We think you're guilty, but not very," on a charge like that. It… — Harper Lee Copy Share Image
That proves something- that a gang of wild animals can be stopped, simply because they're still human. — Harper Lee Copy Share Image
“I wanted you to see something about her—I wanted you to see what real courage is, instead of getting the idea that courage is… — Harper Lee Copy Share Image
Any writer worth his salt writes to please himself...It's a self-exploratory operation that is endless. An exorcism of not necessarily his demon, but of… — Harper Lee Copy Share Image
“folks don’t like to have somebody around knowin’ more than they do. It aggravates ’em. You’re not gonna change any of them by talkin’… — Harper Lee Copy Share Image
It’s never an insult to be called what somebody thinks is a bad name. It just shows you how poor that person is, it… — Harper Lee Copy Share Image
Writing is something you'll never learn in any university or at any school. It's something that is within you, and if it isn't there,… — Harper Lee Copy Share Image
“To begin with, this case should never have come to trial. The state has not produced one iota of medical evidence that the crime… — Harper Lee Copy Share Image
“Naw, Jem. I think that there is just one kind of folks. Folks." Jen turned and punched his pillow. WHen he settle back his… — Harper Lee Copy Share Image
“The course of English Literature would have been decidedly different had Mr. Wordsworth owned a power mower.” — Harper Lee Copy Share Image