Harper Lee quotes

Harper Lee was an American novelist most famous for her book "To Kill a Mockingbird." The novel is celebrated for its powerful exploration of racial injustice and moral growth in the American South. She received numerous awards for her writing and remains an inspiration to generations of readers and writers. Here are 151 of her quotes:

Real courage is when you know you're licked before you begin, but you begin anyway and see it through no matter what. (Harper Lee)
Most people are real nice, when you finally see them. View quote
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It was times like these when I thought my father, who hated guns and had never been to any wars, was the bravest man who ever lived. View quote
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Until I feared I would lose it, I never loved to read. One does not love breathing. View quote
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I think there's just one kind of folks. Folks. View quote
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I wanted you to see what real courage is, instead of getting the idea that courage is a man with a gun in his hand. It's when you know you're licked before you begin, but you begin anyway and see it through no matter what. - Atticus Finch. View quote
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The one thing that doesn't abide by majority rule is a person's conscience. View quote
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Atticus told me to delete the adjectives and I'd have the facts. View quote
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Bad language is a stage all children go through, and it dies with time when they learn they're not attracting attention with it, hotheadedness isn't. View quote
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I'm little but I'm old. View quote
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A man can condemn his enemies, but it's wiser to know them. (Harper Lee)
Well, they're Southern people, and if they know you are working at home they think nothing of walking right in for coffee. But they wouldn't dream of interrupting you at golf. View quote
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You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view. View quote
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Prejudice, a dirty word, and faith, a clean one, have something in common: they both begin where reason ends. View quote
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The book to read is not the one which thinks for you, but the one which makes you think. No book in the world equals the Bible for that. View quote
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People in their right minds never take pride in their talents. View quote
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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 doesn't hurt you. View quote
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Things are never as bad as they seem. View quote
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As I inched sluggishly along the treadmill of the Maycomb County school system, I could not help receiving the impression that I was being cheated out of something. Out of what I knew not, yet I did not believe that twelve years of unrelieved boredom was exactly what the state had in mind for me. View quote
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With him, life was routine; without him, life was unbearable. View quote
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She seemed glad to see me when I appeared in the kitchen, and by watching her I began to think there was some skill involved in being a girl. (Harper Lee)
Talking to Francis gave me the sensation of settling slowly to the bottom of the ocean. View quote
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Atticus said that Jem was trying hard to forget something, but what he was really doing was storing it away for a while, until enough time passed. Then he would be able to think about it and sort things out. When he was able to think about it, Jem would be himself again. View quote
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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. View quote
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Shoot all the blue jays you want, if you can hit 'em, but remember it's a sin to kill a mockingbird. View quote
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