Harper Lee quotes - page 2

When a child asks you something, answer him, for goodness' sake. But don't make a production of it. Children are children, but they can spot an evasion quicker than adults, an evasion simply muddles 'em. (Harper Lee)
Before I can live with other folks I've got to live with myself. The one thing that doesn't abide by majority rule is a person's conscience. View quote
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People don't like to have somebody knowing more than they do. It aggravates them. View quote
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So it took an eight-year-old child to bring 'em to their senses.... That proves something - that a gang of wild animals can be stopped, simply because they're still human. Hmp, maybe we need a police force of children. View quote
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...before I can live with other folks I've got to live with myself. View quote
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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 understand. View quote
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We're paying the highest tribute you can pay a man. We trust him to do right. It's that simple. View quote
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No, everybody's gotta learn, nobody's born knowin'. That Walter's as smart as he can be, he just gets held back sometimes because he has to stay out and help his daddy. Nothin's wrong with him. Naw, Jem, I think there's just one kind of folks. Folks. View quote
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Turtles don't feel, stupid," said Jem. "Were you ever a turtle, huh? View quote
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Miss Jean Louise, stand up. Your father's passin'. View quote
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They've done it before and they'll do it again and when they do it -- seems that only the children weep. Good night. (Harper Lee)
There's a lot of ugly things in this world, son. I wish I could keep 'em all away from you. That's never possible. View quote
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Try fighting with your head for a change... it's a good one, even if it does resist learning. View quote
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See there?" Jem was scowling triumphantly. "Nothin' to it. I swear, Scout, sometimes you act so much like a girl its mortifyin. View quote
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I wonder how much of the day I spend just callin' after you. View quote
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You can't really get to know a person until you get in their shoes and walk around in them. View quote
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There's just some kind of men you have to shoot before you can say hidy to 'em. Even then, they ain't worth the bullet it takes to shoot 'em. View quote
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Don't you study about other folks's business till you take care of your own. View quote
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One must lie under certain circumstances and at all times when one can't do anything about them. View quote
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I'm Charles Baker Harris... I can read. View quote
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I'm gonna be a new kind of clown. I'm gonna stand in the middle of the ring and laugh at the folks. (Harper Lee)
I didn't know how you were going to do it, but from now on I'll never worry about what'll become of you, son, you'll always have an idea. View quote
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I just thought you'd like to know I can read. You got anything needs readin' I can do it. View quote
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That proves something- that a gang of wild animals can be stopped, simply because they're still human. View quote
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From now on it'll be everybody less one-. View quote
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