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I'm little but I'm old.

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
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Monroeville
Alabama
Nelle Harper Lee
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Now that I was compelled to think about it, reading was something that just came to me, as learning to fasten the seat of my union suit without looking around, or achieving two bows from a snarl of shoelaces.
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Boo was our neighbor. He gave us two soap dolls, a broken watch and chain, a pair of good-luck pennies, and our lives.
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I don't hafta take his sass
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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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We’re so rarely called on to be Christians, but when we are, we’ve got men like Atticus to go for us.
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Talking to Francis gave me the sensation of settling slowly to the bottom of the ocean.
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Ladies pick funny things to be proud of.
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We're paying the highest tribute you can pay a man. We trust him to do right. It's that simple.
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Are you proud of yourself tonight that you have insulted a total stranger whose circumstances you know nothing about?
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People generally see what they look for, and hear what they listen for.
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Dill said striking a match under a turtle was hateful. “How do you know a match don't hurt him?” “Turtles can't feel, stupid,” said Jem. “Where you ever a turtle, huh?
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Turtles don't feel, stupid, said Jem. Were you ever a turtle, huh?
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They've done it before and they'll do it again and when they do it -- seems that only the children weep. Good night.
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People in their right minds never take pride in their talents.
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Nothin’s real scary except in books.
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Any writer worth his salt writes to please himself.
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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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When stalking one’s prey, it is best to take one’s time. Say nothing, and as sure as eggs he will become curious and emerge.
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In Maycomb, if one went for a walk with no definite purpose in mind, it was correct to believe one's mind incapable of definite purpose.
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My father is one of the few men I've known who has genuine humility, and it lends him a natural dignity. He has absolutely no ego drive, and so he is one of the most beloved men in this part of the state.
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