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Harper Lee

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Harper Lee
Age: 89 †
Born: 1926
Born: April 28
Died: 2016
Died: February 19
Musician
Novelist
Poet Lawyer
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Monroeville
Alabama
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Don't you study about other folks's business till you take care of your own.
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When they finally saw him, why he hadn't done any of those things... Atticus, he was real nice... His hands were under my chin, pulling up the cover, tucking it around me. Most people are, Scout, when you finally see them.
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I'm still old-fashioned. I love dusty old books and libraries.
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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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It's quite a thing, if you've never been in or known a small southern town. The people are not particularly sophisticated, naturally. They're not worldly wise in any way. But they tell you a story whenever they see you.
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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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So it took an eight-year-old child to bring 'em to their senses.... That proves something - that a gang of wild animals can be stopped, simply because they're still human. Hmp, maybe we need a police force of children.
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It’s never an insult to be called what somebody thinks is a bad name. It just shows you how poor that person is, it doesn’t hurt you.
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People in their right minds never take pride in their talents.
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I know now what he was trying to do, but Atticus was only a man. It takes a woman to do that kind of work.
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When a child asks you something, answer him, for goodness' sake.
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