Harper Lee died on 19 February, 2016, at at the age of 89.
To celebrate the life of this remarkable novelist, we have collected some of the best quotations from her famous and beloved novel, To Kill a Mockingbird.
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.
- Atticus Finch
Things are never as bad as they seem.
- Miss Maudie
Until I feared I would lose it, I never loved to read. One does not love breathing.
- Scout
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
People generally see what they look for, and hear what they listen for.
- Judge Taylor
The one thing that doesn’t abide by majority rule is a person’s conscience.
- Atticus Finch
People in their right minds never take pride in their talents.”
- Miss Maudie
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.
- Scout
I think there’s just one kind of folks. Folks.
- Scout
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- To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
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