Best Harper Lee Quotes

Nelle Harper Lee (April 28, 1926 – February 19, 2016) was an American novelist widely known for To Kill a Mockingbird, published in 1960. Immediately successful, it won the 1961 Pulitzer Prize and has become a classic of modern American literature. Her work in To Kill a Mockingbird has been hailed as one of the pioneer works of literature in fighting racism. The plot and characters of To Kill a Mockingbird are loosely based on Lee's observations of her family and neighbors, as well as an event that occurred near her hometown in 1936, when she was 10 years old. The novel deals with the irrationality of adult attitudes towards race and class in the Deep South of the 1930s, as depicted through the eyes of two children.[wikipedia]

Now that Ms Harpee Lee is no more among us, her work is once again making rounds as more and more people are turning back to their sweet memories of her much beloved novel.

In commemoration of Harper Lee, here are some of the most memorable quotes from To Kill a Mockingbird.

 You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view - until you climb into his skin and walk around it. - To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee

 People generally see what they look for and hear what they listen for. - To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee

Just remember that sometimes, the way you think about a person isn't the way they actually are.

- To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee

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

- To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee

I was born good but had grown progressively worse each year.

- To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee

Before I can live with other folks, I've got to live with myself.

- To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee

Love her, but leave her wild.

- Harper Lee

Watch carefully,

the magic that occurs,

when you give a person,

just enough comfort,

to be themselves.

- To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee

As you grow up, always tell the truth, do no harm to others, and don't think you are the most important being on Earth. Rich or poor, you then can look anyone in the eye and say, 'I'm probably no better than you, but I'm certainly your equal'.

- To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee

Mockingbirds don't do one thing but make music for us to enjoy. They don't eat people's gardens, don't nest on corncribs, they don't do one thing but sing their hearts out for us. That's why it's a sin to kill a mockingbird.

- To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee

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.

- To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee

As you get older, you'll see white men cheat black men every day of your life, but let me tell you something and don't you forget it - whenever a white man does that to a black man, no matter who he is, how rich he is, or how fine a family he comes from, that white man is trash.

- To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee

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

- To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee

You can see my book review of To Kill a Mockingbird HERE. Hope you enjoyed the post. If you like it, then please share it.

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