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Summer, and he watches his children's heart break. Autumn again and Boo's children needed him. Atticus was right. One time he said you never really know a man until you stand in his shoes and walk around in them. Just standing on the Radley porch was enough.

Harper Lee

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Harper Lee
Age: 89 †
Born: 1926
Born: April 28
Died: 2016
Died: February 19
Musician
Novelist
Poet Lawyer
Prosaist
Screenwriter
Writer
Monroeville
Alabama
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Walks
Porch
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Stand
Autumn
Men
Break
Shoes
Time
Around
Summer
Enough
Standing
Right
Watches
Children
Walk
Atticus
Heart
Needed
Mockingbird

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