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c12fb38	You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view... Until you climb inside of his skin and walk around in it.		Harper Lee
5f5a631	Until I feared I would lose it, I never loved to read. One does not love breathing.		Harper Lee
1450fb9	I wanted you to see what real courage is, instead of getting the idea that courage is a man with a gun in his hand. It's when you know you're licked before you begin, but you begin anyway and see it through no matter what. - Atticus Finch	courage	Harper Lee
466aa77	People generally see what they look for, and hear what they listen for.		Harper Lee
dccc71f	The one thing that doesn't abide by majority rule is a person's conscience.		Harper Lee
6df2db5	Atticus told me to delete the adjectives and I'd have the facts.		Harper Lee
b4ba323	I think there's just one kind of folks. Folks.	people scout	Harper Lee
e330d63	Atticus, he was real nice.	inspirational	Harper Lee
e53c213	They're certainly entitled to think that, and they're entitled to full respect for their opinions... but before I can live with other folks I've got to live with myself. The one thing that doesn't abide by majority rule is a person's conscience.		Harper Lee
63d5ea7	Sometimes the Bible in the hand of one man is worse than a whisky bottle in the hand of (another)... There are just some kind of men who - who're so busy worrying about the next world they've never learned to live in this one, and you can look down the street and see the results.	hatred religion god judgement	Harper Lee
72aa1a8	Atticus, he was real nice." "Most people are, Scout, when you finally see them."		Harper Lee
23e7f8b	Atticus said to Jem one day, "I'd rather you shot at tin cans in the backyard, but I know you'll go after birds. Shoot all the blue jays you want, if you can hit 'em, but remember it's a sin to kill a mockingbird." That was the only time I ever heard Atticus say it was a sin to do something, and I asked Miss Maudie about it. "Your father's right," she said. "Mockingbirds don't do one thing except make music for us to enjoy. They don't eat u..		Harper Lee
73318c2	Atticus said to Jem one day, "I'd rather you shot at tin cans in the backyard, but I know you'll go after birds. Shoot all the blue jays you want, if you can hit 'em, but remember it's a sin to kill a mockingbird." That was the only time I ever heard Atticus say it was a sin to do something, and I asked Miss Maudie about it. "Your father's right," she said. "Mockingbirds don't do one thing except make music for us to enjoy. They don't eat u..		Harper Lee
d793c78	As you grow older, you'll see white men cheat black men every day of your life, but let me tell you something and don't you forget it--whenever a white man does that to a black man, no matter who he is, how rich he is, or how fine a family he comes from, that white man is trash	respect	Harper Lee
996ee04	People in their right minds never take pride in their talents.		Harper Lee
3898878	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
1c2f430	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.	wisdom sin	Harper Lee
2db1130	With him, life was routine; without him, life was unbearable.		Harper Lee
ba2adb1	Real courage is when you know you're licked before you begin, but you begin anyway and see it through no matter what.	perseverance courage character inspirational tenacity moral-courage	Harper Lee
1d697cf	You just hold your head high and keep those fists down. No matter what anybody says to you, don't you let 'em get your goat. Try fightin' with your head for a change. -Atticus Finch		Harper Lee
7eb35af	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.		Harper Lee
1e8eb3d	When a child asks you something, answer him, for goodness sake. But don't make a production of it. Children are children, but they can spot an evasion faster than adults, and evasion simply muddles 'em.		Harper Lee
29e34e8	Simply because we were licked a hundred years before we started is no reason for us not to try to win.		Harper Lee
06ded5f	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 something. I think I'm beginning to understand why Boo Radley's stayed shut up in the house all this time. It's because he wants to stay inside.	scout jem	Harper Lee
6fa5833	We're paying the highest tribute you can pay a man. We trust him to do right. It's that simple.		Harper Lee
3eb0213	Things are always better in the morning.	renewal	Harper Lee
8beb105	I was born good but had grown progressively worse every year. Scout		Harper Lee
2d56b90	Neighbors bring food with death and flowers with sickness and little things in between. Boo was our neighbor. He gave us two soap dolls, a broken watch and chain, a pair of good-luck pennies, and our lives. But neighbors give in return. We never put back into the tree what we took out of it: we had given him nothing, and it made me sad.		Harper Lee
db3d8bf	You can choose your friends but you sho' can't choose your family, an' they're still kin to you no matter whether you acknowledge 'em or not, and it makes you look right silly when you don't.		Harper Lee
bc37211	Pass the damn ham, please.		Harper Lee
011a9ea	There are just some kind of men who-who're so busy worrying about the next world they've never learned to live in this one, and you can look down the street and see the results.	to-kill-a-mockingbird	Harper Lee
83d6ee2	It's not time to worry yet		Harper Lee
ef49493	Before I can live with other folks I've got to live with myself. The one thing that doesn't abide by majority rule is a person's conscience.	philosophy wisdom	Harper Lee
b7f6d1d	Prejudice, a dirty word, and faith, a clean one, have something in common: they both begin where reason ends.	prejudice reason	Harper Lee
f4e9c65	Miss Jean Louise, stand up. Your father's passin'.		Harper Lee
1b49ca8	Are you proud of yourself tonight that you have insulted a total stranger whose circumstances you know nothing about?	empathy judgement	Harper Lee
96b4552	Shoot all the blue jays you want, if you can hit 'em, but remember it's a sin to kill a mockingbird.	scout jem	Harper Lee
d388b10	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
247ce9a	Ladies in bunches always filled me with vague apprehension and a firm desire to be elsewhere.	scout	Harper Lee
f345374	We know all men are not created equal in the sense some people would have us believe- some people are smarter than others, some people have more opportunity because they're born with it, some men make more money than others, some ladies make better cakes than others- some people are born gifted beyond the normal scope of men. But there is one way in this country in which all men are created equal- there is one human institution that makes a..		Harper Lee
979a190	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
f444865	As a reader I loathe introductions...Introductions inhibit pleasure, they kill the joy of anticipation, they frustrate curiosity.		Harper Lee
1ad5d41	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 them by talkin' right, they've got to want to learn themselves, and when they don't want to learn there's nothing you can do but keep your mouth shut or talk their language.	changing-peoples-minds	Harper Lee
7b979d5	Things are never as bad as they seem.		Harper Lee

c12fb38

You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view... Until you climb inside of his skin and walk around in it.

Harper Lee

5f5a631

Until I feared I would lose it, I never loved to read. One does not love breathing.

Harper Lee

1450fb9

I wanted you to see what real courage is, instead of getting the idea that courage is a man with a gun in his hand. It's when you know you're licked before you begin, but you begin anyway and see it through no matter what. - Atticus Finch

courage

Harper Lee

466aa77

People generally see what they look for, and hear what they listen for.

Harper Lee

dccc71f

The one thing that doesn't abide by majority rule is a person's conscience.

Harper Lee

6df2db5

Atticus told me to delete the adjectives and I'd have the facts.

Harper Lee

b4ba323

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

people scout

Harper Lee

e330d63

Atticus, he was real nice.

inspirational

Harper Lee

e53c213

They're certainly entitled to think that, and they're entitled to full respect for their opinions... but before I can live with other folks I've got to live with myself. The one thing that doesn't abide by majority rule is a person's conscience.

Harper Lee

63d5ea7

Sometimes the Bible in the hand of one man is worse than a whisky bottle in the hand of (another)... There are just some kind of men who - who're so busy worrying about the next world they've never learned to live in this one, and you can look down the street and see the results.

hatred religion god judgement

Harper Lee

72aa1a8

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

Harper Lee

23e7f8b

Atticus said to Jem one day, "I'd rather you shot at tin cans in the backyard, but I know you'll go after birds. Shoot all the blue jays you want, if you can hit 'em, but remember it's a sin to kill a mockingbird." That was the only time I ever heard Atticus say it was a sin to do something, and I asked Miss Maudie about it. "Your father's right," she said. "Mockingbirds don't do one thing except make music for us to enjoy. They don't eat u..

Harper Lee

73318c2

Atticus said to Jem one day, "I'd rather you shot at tin cans in the backyard, but I know you'll go after birds. Shoot all the blue jays you want, if you can hit 'em, but remember it's a sin to kill a mockingbird." That was the only time I ever heard Atticus say it was a sin to do something, and I asked Miss Maudie about it. "Your father's right," she said. "Mockingbirds don't do one thing except make music for us to enjoy. They don't eat u..

Harper Lee

d793c78

As you grow older, you'll see white men cheat black men every day of your life, but let me tell you something and don't you forget it--whenever a white man does that to a black man, no matter who he is, how rich he is, or how fine a family he comes from, that white man is trash

respect

Harper Lee

996ee04

People in their right minds never take pride in their talents.

Harper Lee

3898878

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

1c2f430

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.

wisdom sin

Harper Lee

2db1130

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

Harper Lee

ba2adb1

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

perseverance courage character inspirational tenacity moral-courage

Harper Lee

1d697cf

You just hold your head high and keep those fists down. No matter what anybody says to you, don't you let 'em get your goat. Try fightin' with your head for a change. -Atticus Finch

Harper Lee

7eb35af

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.

Harper Lee

1e8eb3d

When a child asks you something, answer him, for goodness sake. But don't make a production of it. Children are children, but they can spot an evasion faster than adults, and evasion simply muddles 'em.

Harper Lee

29e34e8

Simply because we were licked a hundred years before we started is no reason for us not to try to win.

Harper Lee

06ded5f

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 something. I think I'm beginning to understand why Boo Radley's stayed shut up in the house all this time. It's because he wants to stay inside.

scout jem

Harper Lee

6fa5833

We're paying the highest tribute you can pay a man. We trust him to do right. It's that simple.

Harper Lee

3eb0213

Things are always better in the morning.

renewal

Harper Lee

8beb105

I was born good but had grown progressively worse every year. Scout

Harper Lee

2d56b90

Neighbors bring food with death and flowers with sickness and little things in between. Boo was our neighbor. He gave us two soap dolls, a broken watch and chain, a pair of good-luck pennies, and our lives. But neighbors give in return. We never put back into the tree what we took out of it: we had given him nothing, and it made me sad.

Harper Lee

db3d8bf

You can choose your friends but you sho' can't choose your family, an' they're still kin to you no matter whether you acknowledge 'em or not, and it makes you look right silly when you don't.

Harper Lee

bc37211

Pass the damn ham, please.

Harper Lee

011a9ea

There are just some kind of men who-who're so busy worrying about the next world they've never learned to live in this one, and you can look down the street and see the results.

to-kill-a-mockingbird

Harper Lee

83d6ee2

It's not time to worry yet

Harper Lee

ef49493

Before I can live with other folks I've got to live with myself. The one thing that doesn't abide by majority rule is a person's conscience.

philosophy wisdom

Harper Lee

b7f6d1d

Prejudice, a dirty word, and faith, a clean one, have something in common: they both begin where reason ends.

prejudice reason

Harper Lee

f4e9c65

Miss Jean Louise, stand up. Your father's passin'.

Harper Lee

1b49ca8

Are you proud of yourself tonight that you have insulted a total stranger whose circumstances you know nothing about?

empathy judgement

Harper Lee

96b4552

Shoot all the blue jays you want, if you can hit 'em, but remember it's a sin to kill a mockingbird.

scout jem

Harper Lee

d388b10

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

247ce9a

Ladies in bunches always filled me with vague apprehension and a firm desire to be elsewhere.

scout

Harper Lee

f345374

We know all men are not created equal in the sense some people would have us believe- some people are smarter than others, some people have more opportunity because they're born with it, some men make more money than others, some ladies make better cakes than others- some people are born gifted beyond the normal scope of men. But there is one way in this country in which all men are created equal- there is one human institution that makes a..

Harper Lee

979a190

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

f444865

As a reader I loathe introductions...Introductions inhibit pleasure, they kill the joy of anticipation, they frustrate curiosity.

Harper Lee

1ad5d41

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 them by talkin' right, they've got to want to learn themselves, and when they don't want to learn there's nothing you can do but keep your mouth shut or talk their language.

changing-peoples-minds

Harper Lee

7b979d5

Things are never as bad as they seem.

Harper Lee