Quotes by Harper Lee

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

She died beholden to nothing and nobody. She was the bravest person I ever knew.

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.

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.

You rarely win, but sometimes you do.

Everybody’s gotta learn, nobody’s born knowing.

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.

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.

You can't go around making caricatures of the neighbours.''Ain't a characterture,' said Jem. 'It looks just like him.

Atticus said someone must have lost it, and had we asked around? Jem camel-kicked me when I tried to say where we had found it.

Ladies pick funny things to be proud of.

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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