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Harper Lee Inspirational Quotes (111)

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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.
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Nothin’s real scary except in books.
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When a child asks you something, answer him, for goodness' sake.
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I don't hafta take his sass
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As a reader I loathe introductions...Introductions inhibit pleasure, they kill the joy of anticipation, they frustrate curiosity.
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Ladies pick funny things to be proud of.
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Turtles don't feel, stupid, said Jem. Were you ever a turtle, huh?
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Serving on a jury forces a man to make up his mind and declare himself about something. Men don't like to do that. Sometimes it's unpleasant.
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Don't you study about other folks's business till you take care of your own.
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People generally see what they look for, and hear what they listen for.
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Let the dead bury the dead.
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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.
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I'm little but I'm old.
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I have said what I wanted to say and I will not say it again.
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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.
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Finders were keepers unless title was proven.
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When they finally saw him, why he hadn't done any of those things... Atticus, he was real nice... His hands were under my chin, pulling up the cover, tucking it around me. Most people are, Scout, when you finally see them.
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Before Jem looks at anyone else he looks at me, and I’ve tried to live so I can look squarely back at him.
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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.
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I say guilt, gentlemen, because it was guilt that motivated her. She has committed no crime, she has merely broken a rigid and time-honored code of our society.
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Now...in an abundant society where people have laptops, cell phones, ipods and minds like empty rooms, I still plod along with books.
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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.
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People in their right minds never take pride in their talents.
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It's not time to worry yet
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