Quote

Folks were doin' a lot of runnin' that night

Harper Lee

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

TAGS & TOPICS

Harper Lee
Age: 89 †
Born: 1926
Born: April 28
Died: 2016
Died: February 19
Musician
Novelist
Poet Lawyer
Prosaist
Screenwriter
Writer
Monroeville
Alabama
Nelle Harper Lee
Night
Runnin
Doin
Folks

More quotes by Harper Lee

Image
As a reader I loathe introductions...Introductions inhibit pleasure, they kill the joy of anticipation, they frustrate curiosity.
Harper Lee
Image
Ladies pick funny things to be proud of.
Harper Lee
Image
They've done it before and they'll do it again and when they do it -- seems that only the children weep. Good night.
Harper Lee
Image
Atticus said that Jem was trying hard to forget something, but what he was really doing was storing it away for a while, until enough time passed. Then he would be able to think about it and sort things out. When he was able to think about it, Jem would be himself again.
Harper Lee
Image
When a child asks you something, answer him, for goodness' sake.
Harper Lee
Image
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.
Harper Lee
Image
Being Southerners, it was a source of shame to some members of the family that we had no recorded ancestors on either side of the Battle of Hastings.
Harper Lee
Image
Talking to Francis gave me the sensation of settling slowly to the bottom of the ocean.
Harper Lee
Image
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.
Harper Lee
Image
A man can condemn his enemies, but it's wiser to know them.
Harper Lee
Image
Some negroes lie, some are immoral, some negro men are not be trusted around women - black and white. But this is a truth that applies to the human race and to no particular race of men.
Harper Lee
Image
Are you proud of yourself tonight that you have insulted a total stranger whose circumstances you know nothing about?
Harper Lee
Image
Finders were keepers unless title was proven.
Harper Lee
Image
We’re so rarely called on to be Christians, but when we are, we’ve got men like Atticus to go for us.
Harper Lee
Image
Let the dead bury the dead.
Harper Lee
Image
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.
Harper Lee
Image
I'm little but I'm old.
Harper Lee
Image
The book to read is not the one which thinks for you, but the one which makes you think. No book in the world equals the Bible for that.
Harper Lee
Image
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.
Harper Lee
Image
Turtles don't feel, stupid, said Jem. Were you ever a turtle, huh?
Harper Lee