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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.
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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Poet Lawyer
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Monroeville
Alabama
Nelle Harper Lee
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That proves something- that a gang of wild animals can be stopped, simply because they're still human.
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Mockingbirds don’t do one thing but make music for us to enjoy. They don’t eat up people’s gardens, don’t nest in corncribs, they don’t do one thing but sing their hearts out for us. That’s why it’s a sin to kill a mockingbird.
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Turtles don't feel, stupid, said Jem. Were you ever a turtle, huh?
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There are just some kind of men…who’re so busy worrying about the next world they’ve never learned to live in this one.
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My objectives are very limited. I want to do the best I can with the talent God gave me. I hope to goodness that every novel I do gets better and better, not worse and worse.
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Miss Jean Louise, stand up. Your father's passin'.
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