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Harper Lee Quotes

Harper Lee quotes

American Novelist, Writer April 28, 1926

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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. Son, I can't tell you what you're going to be--an engineer, a lawyer, or a portrait painter. You've perpetrated a near libel here in the front yard. We've got to disguise this fellow." - Atticus Finch Harper Lee
But at supper that evening after I asked him to pass the damn ham, please, Uncle Jack pointed at me. 'See me afterwards young lady,' he said. Harper Lee
Harper Lee quote: "I just thought you'd like to know I can read. You got anything..."
I just thought you'd like to know I can read. You got anything needs readin' I can do it. Harper Lee
Harper Lee quote: "I shall never marry, Atticus."Why?"I might have children."
I shall never marry, Atticus."Why?"I might have children. Harper Lee
Well how do you know we ain’t Negroes?” “Uncle Jack Finch says we really don’t know. He says as far as he can trace back the Finches we ain’t, but for all he knows we mighta come straight out of Ethiopia durin’ the Old Testament.” “Well if we came out durin’ the Old Testament it’s too long ago to matter.” “That’s what I thought,” said Jem, “but around here once you have a drop of Negro blood, that makes you all black. Harper Lee
Harper Lee quote: "You can't really get to know a person until you get in their..."
You can't really get to know a person until you get in their shoes and walk around in them. Harper Lee
Harper Lee quote: "Nothing is more deadly than a deserted, waiting street."
Nothing is more deadly than a deserted, waiting street. Harper Lee
Atticus had said it was the polite thing to talk to people about what they were interested in, not about what you were interested in. Harper Lee
I was proceeding on the dim theory, aside from the innate attractiveness of such words, that if Atticus discovered I had picked them up at school he wouldn't make me go. Harper Lee
Why reasonable people go stark raving mad when anything involving a Negro comes up, is something I don't pretend to understand. ~Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird, Chapter 9, spoken by the character Atticus Harper Lee
Harper Lee quote: "That proves something- that a gang of wild animals can be..."
That proves something- that a gang of wild animals can be stopped, simply because they're still human. Harper Lee
Harper Lee quote: "Jem, how can you hate Hitler so bad a? then turn around and be..."
Jem, how can you hate Hitler so bad a? then turn around and be ugly about folks right at home. Harper Lee
Harper Lee quote: "Boo was our neighbor. He gave us two soap dolls, a broken..."
Boo was our neighbor. He gave us two soap dolls, a broken watch and chain, a pair of good-luck pennies, and our lives. Harper Lee
Harper Lee quote: "Whatever she says to you, it’s your job not to let her make..."
Whatever she says to you, it’s your job not to let her make you mad. Harper Lee
Harper Lee quote: "Lawyers, I suppose were once children, too"-From To Kill A..."
Lawyers, I suppose were once children, too"-From To Kill A Mockingbird Harper Lee

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