Quotes by Harper Lee

“With him, life was routine; without him, life was unbearable.”

“Its never an insult to be called what somebody thinks is a bad name. It just shows you how poor that person is, it doesnt hurt you.”

“Before I can live with other folks Ive got to live with myself. The one thing that doesnt abide by majority rule is a persons conscience.”

“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 b...”

“Atticus had said it was the polite thing to talk to people about what they were interested in, not about what you were interested in.”

“Atticus, he was real nice.""Most people are, Scout, when you finally see them.”

“Real courage is when you know you're licked before you begin, but you begin anyway and see it through no matter what.”

“In Maycomb, if one went for a walk with no definite purpose in mind, it was correct to believe one's mind incapable of definite purpose.”

“The one place where a man ought to get a square deal is in a courtroom, be he any color of the rainbow, but people have a way of carrying their resentments right into a jury box. As you grow older,...”

“Naw, Jem. I think that there is just one kind of folks. Folks."Jen turned and punched his pillow. WHen he settle back his face was cloudy. He was going in to one of his declines, and I grew wary. H...”

“...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 troub...”

“Alexandra had been married for thirty-three years; if it had made any impression on her one way or another, she never showed it.”

“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...”

“You deny them hope... You are telling them that Jesus loves them, but not much.”

“Dont talk like that, Dill, said Aunt Alexandra. Its not becoming to a child. Its cynical.I aint cynical, Miss Alexandra. Tellin the truths not cynical, is it?The way you tell it, it is.”

“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.”

“I think there's just one kind of folks. Folks.”

“First of all," he said, "if you can learn a simple trick, Scout, you'll get along a lot better with all kinds of folks. You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point...”

“People have a habit of doing everyday things even under the oddest conditions.”

“Persecution comes from people who are prejudiced.”