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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.

Harper Lee

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Harper Lee
Age: 89 †
Born: 1926
Born: April 28
Died: 2016
Died: February 19
Musician
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Monroeville
Alabama
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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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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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When you're at the top, there's only one way to go.
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I'm still old-fashioned. I love dusty old books and libraries.
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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.
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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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