Harper Lee

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. ↗

— Harper Lee

#life

Courage is not a man with a gun in his hand. It's knowing you're licked before you begin but you begin anyway and you see it through no matter what. You rarely win, but sometimes you do. ↗

— Harper Lee

#courage

I'm Charles Baker Harris...I can read ↗

— Harper Lee

#humor

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. ↗

— Harper Lee

#racism #truth #men

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

— Harper Lee

#empathy #judgement #judgement

I wonder how much of the day I spend just callin' after you. ↗

— Harper Lee

#love #missing #love

You see they could never, never understand that I live like I do because that's the way I want to live. ↗

— Harper Lee

#life

For the life of me, I did not understand how he[Atticus] could sit there in cold blood and read a newspaper when his only son stood an excellent chance of being murdered with a Confederate Army relic. ↗

— Harper Lee

#humor #to-kill-a-mockingbird #humor

Ladies pick funny things to be proud of. ↗

— Harper Lee

#jem #funny

She knew full well the enormity of her offense, but because her desires were stronger than the code she was breaking, she persisted in breaking it. ↗

— Harper Lee

#spiritual #inspirational