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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
Nelle Harper Lee
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Any writer worth his salt writes to please himself...It's a self-exploratory operation that is endless. An exorcism of not necessarily his demon, but of his divine discontent.
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But sometimes we have to make the best of things, and the way we conduct ourselves when the chips are down.
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Real courage is when you know you're licked before you begin, but you begin anyway and see it through no matter what.
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summer was our best season: it was sleeping on the back screeneed porch in cots, or trying to sleep in the treehouse summer was everything good to eatit was a thousand colors in a parched landscape.
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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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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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Whatever she says to you, it’s your job not to let her make you mad.
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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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I do my best to love everybody
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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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You see they could never, never understand that I live like I do because that's the way I want to live.
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People in their right minds never take pride in their talents.
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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.
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This time we aren't fighting the Yankees, we're fighting our friends. But remember this, no matter how bitter things get, they're still our friends and this is still our home.
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Nothin’s real scary except in books.
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It's not time to worry yet
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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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Long ago, in a burst of friendliness, Aunty and Uncle Jimmy produced a son named Henry.
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He turned out the light and went into Jem's room. He would be there all night, and he would be there when Jem waked up in the morning.
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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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