Nelle Harper Lee (April 28, 1926 – February 19, 2016), better known by her pen name Harper Lee, was an American novelist widely known for To Kill a Mockingbird, published in 1960.
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Harper Lee Novel
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People in their right minds never take pride in their talents. Harper Lee
People in their right minds never take pride in their talents.
I think there's just one kind of folks. Folks. Harper Lee
I think there's just one kind of folks. Folks.
The one thing that doesn't abide by majority rule is a person's conscience. Harper Lee
The one thing that doesn't abide by majority rule is a person's conscience.
A man can condemn his enemies, but it’s wiser to know them. Harper Lee
A man can condemn his enemies, but it’s wiser to know them.
With him, life was routine; without him, life was unbearable. Harper Lee
With him, life was routine; without him, life was unbearable.
People generally see what they look for, and hear what they listen for. Harper Lee
People generally see what they look for, and hear what they listen for.
Remember this also: it’s always easy to look back and see what we were, yesterday, ten years ago. It is hard to see what we are. If you can master that trick, you’ll get along Harper Lee
Remember this also: it’s always easy to look back and see what we were, yesterday, ten years ago. It is hard to see what we are. If you can master that trick, you’ll get along
Prejudice, a dirty word, and faith, a clean one, have something in common: they both begin where reason ends Harper Lee
Prejudice, a dirty word, and faith, a clean one, have something in common: they both begin where reason ends
Every man’s island, Jean Louise, every man’s watchman, is his conscience. There is no such thing as a collective conscious. Harper Lee
Every man’s island, Jean Louise, every man’s watchman, is his conscience. There is no such thing as a collective conscious.
I need a watchman to tell me this is what a man says but this is what he means, to draw a line down the middle and say here is this justice and there is that justice and make me understand the difference. Harper Lee
I need a watchman to tell me this is what a man says but this is what he means, to draw a line down the middle and say here is this justice and there is that justice and make me understand the difference.
[T]he time your friends need you is when they’re wrong, Jean Louise. They don’t need you when they’re right Harper Lee
[T]he time your friends need you is when they’re wrong, Jean Louise. They don’t need you when they’re right
Until I feared I would lose it, I never loved to read. One does not love breathing. Harper Lee
Until I feared I would lose it, I never loved to read. One does not love breathing.