Harper Lee
Harper Lee
Nelle Harper Lee, better known by her pen name Harper Lee, 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. Though Lee had only published this single book, in 2007 she was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom for her contribution to literature. Additionally, Lee received numerous honorary degrees, though she declined to speak on those occasions. She...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth28 April 1926
CityMonroeville, AL
CountryUnited States of America
It's not necessary to tell all you know. It's not ladylike--in the second place, folks don't like to have somebody around knowin' more than they do.
Remember it’s a sin to kill a mockingbird.
Before Jem looks at anyone else he looks at me, and I’ve tried to live so I can look squarely back at him.
Best way to clear the air is to have it all out in the open.
Folks don't like to have somebody around knowing more than they do.
Let the dead bury the dead.
Hey, Mr. Cunningham. How's your entailment gettin' along?
That boy is your company. And if he wants to eat up that tablecloth, you let him, you hear?
Things are never as bad as they seem.
Miss Jean Louise, stand up. Your father's passin'.
Everybody’s gotta learn, nobody’s born knowing.
Maycomb was a tired old town, even in 1932 when I first knew it. Somehow, it was hotter then. Men's stiff collars wilted by nine in the morning. Ladies bathed before noon after their three o'clock naps. And by nightfall were like soft teacakes with frosting from sweating and sweet talcum. The day was twenty-four hours long, but it seemed longer. There's no hurry, for there's nowhere to go and nothing to buy...and no money to buy it with.
I think Ill be a clown when I get grown.. Yes, sir, a clown. There aint one thing in this world I can do about folks except laugh, so Im gonna join the circus and laugh my head off Im gonna stand in the middle of the ring and laugh at the folks. Just looka yonder, every one of em oughta be ridin a broomstick.
Never, never, never, on cross-examination ask a witness a question you don't already know the answer to . . . . Do it, and you'll often get an answer you I don't want, an answer that might wreck your case.