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'.
Folks don't like to have somebody around knowing more than they do. It aggravates em. You're not gonna change any of them by talking right, they've got to want to learn themselves, and when they don't want to learn there's nothing you can do but keep your mouth shut or talk their language.
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.
From childhood on, I did sit in the courtroom watching my father argue cases and talk to juries.
Many receive advice, only the wise profit from it.