Harper Lee

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. ↗

— Harper Lee

#writer

There are just some kind of men…who’re so busy worrying about the next world they’ve never learned to live in this one. ↗

— Harper Lee

#to-kill-a-mockingbird #business

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

— Harper Lee

#trust

It's not time to worry yet ↗

— Harper Lee

#worry

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

#innocence

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

#philosophy #wisdom #life

Things are always better in the morning. ↗

— Harper Lee

#renewal #optimism

Dill said striking a match under a turtle was hateful. “How do you know a match don't hurt him?” “Turtles can't feel, stupid,” said Jem. “Where you ever a turtle, huh? ↗

— Harper Lee

#kids #turtles #cute

See there?" Jem was scowling triumphantly. "Nothin' to it. I swear, Scout, sometimes you act so much like a girl its mortifyin ↗

— Harper Lee

#humor

When he was nearly thirteen, my brother Jem got his arm badly broken at the elbow. ↗

— Harper Lee

#first-sentence