Harper Lee's Quotes
Born: 1926-04-28
Profession: Novelist
Nation: American
Biography of 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.
Tags: Courage, Matter, RealI think there's just one kind of folks. Folks.
Tags: FolksThe book to read is not the one which thinks for you, but the one which makes you think. No book in the world equals the Bible for that.
Tags: Book, Makes, ReadThe one thing that doesn't abide by majority rule is a person's conscience.
Tags: Conscience, Majority, RuleIt 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.
Tags: Father, Thought, TimesYou never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view.
Tags: Point, Understand, UntilBefore 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.
Tags: Conscience, Majority, RuleI never expected any sort of success with 'Mockingbird'... I sort of hoped someone would like it enough to give me encouragement.
Tags: Give, Someone, SuccessUntil I feared I would lose it, I never loved to read. One does not love breathing.
Tags: Lose, Love, UntilWell, they're Southern people, and if they know you are working at home they think nothing of walking right in for coffee. But they wouldn't dream of interrupting you at golf.
Tags: Coffee, Home, Working