“ Now, 75 years [after ], in an abundant society where people have laptops, cell phones, iPods, and minds like empty rooms, I still plod along with books. Harper Lee
“ Summer was on the way; Jem and I awaited it with impatience. Summer was our best season: it was sleeping on the back screened porch in cots, or trying to sleep in the tree house; summer was everything… Harper Lee
“ Shoot all the blue jays you want, if you can hit 'em, but remember it's a sin to kill a mockingbird. Harper Lee
“ If there's just one kind of folks, why can't they get along with each other? If they're all alike, why do they go out of their way to despise each other? Scout, I think I'm beginning to understand som… Harper Lee
“ Real courage is when you know you're licked before you begin, but you begin anyway and see it through no matter what. Harper Lee
“ As you grow up, always tell the truth, do no harm to others, and don't think you are the most important being on earth. Rich or poor, you then can look anyone in the eye and say, 'I'm probably no bett… Harper Lee
“ Before Jem looks at anyone else he looks at me, and I’ve tried to live so I can look squarely back at him. Harper Lee
“ A mob's always made up of people, no matter what. Mr. Cunningham was part of a mob last night, but he was still a man. Every mob in every little Southern town is always made up of people you know--doe… Harper Lee
“ If a man says to you, "This is the truth," and you believe him, and you discover what he says is not the truth, you are disappointed and you make sure you will not be caught by him again. But a man wh… Harper Lee
“ I never deliberately learned to read, but somehow I had been wallowing illicitly in the daily papers. In the long hours of church--was it then I learned? I could not remember not being able to read hy… Harper Lee
“ Atticus--- ...said Jem bleakly. How could they do it, how could they?I don't know, but they did it. They've done it before & they did it tonight & they'll do it again & when they do it--- seems that o… Harper Lee
“ Honey, the sun rises and sets with that Bill of hers. Everything he says is Gospel. She loves her man.""Is that what loving your man is?""Has a lot to do with it."Jean Louise said, "You mean losing yo… Harper Lee
“ Courage is when you know you're licked before you begin but you begin anyway and you see it through no matter what. Harper Lee
“ I mean it takes a certain kind of maturity to live in the South these days. You don't have it yet, but you have a shadow of the beginnings of it. You haven't the humbleness of mind-" "I thought the fe… Harper Lee
“ The only thing I'm afraid of about this country is that it's government will someday become so monstrous that the smallest person in it will be trampled underfoot, and then it wouldn't be worth living… Harper Lee
“ ...baby, it's never an insult to be called what somebody thinks is a bad name. It just shows how poor that person is, it doesn't hurt you. So don't let Mrs Dubose get you down. She had enough troubles… Harper Lee
“ It's not necessary to tell all you know. It's not ladylike -- in the second place, folks don't like to have someone around knowin' more than they do. It aggravates them. Your not gonna change any of t… Harper Lee
