Quotes from Harper Lee

Would You Speak to Jesus If You Met Him on the Street? Reverend Moorehead doubted that you could even if you wanted to, because Jesus probably spoke Aramaic.)

Los prejuicios, una palabra sucia, y la fe, una palabra limpia, tienen algo en común: ambas comienzan donde termina la razón.

What made you think of Dill?" she asked. "I don't know. Just thought of him." "You never liked him, did you?" Henry smiled. "I was jealous of him. He had you and Jem to himself all summer long, while I had to go home the day school was out. There was nobody at home to fool around with.

Sometimes I think I'm a total failure as a parent, but I'm all they've got. Before Jem looks at anyone else he looks at me, and I've tried to live so I can look squarely back at him

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. It aggravates 'em. You're not gonna change any of them by talkin' 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." "Cal

She glanced with satisfaction at the neat swath behind her. The grass lay crisply cut and smelled like a creek bank. The course of English Literature would have been decidedly different had Mr. Wordsworth owned a power mower, she thought.

They're people, aren't they? We were quite willing to import them when they made money for us.

You'd better take time for 'em, honey, otherwise you'll never grow. You'll be the same at sixty as you are now—then you'll be a case and not my niece. You have a tendency not to give anybody elbow room in your mind for their ideas, no matter how silly you think they are.

She did not stand alone, but what stood behind her, the most potent moral force in her life, was the love of her father.

Palyaçolar üzgündür Dill, dedi Jem. Onlara bak?p gülenler diÄŸerleridir.

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

Summer, and he watched his children's heart break.

No señor, miedo de tener que enfrentarme a lo que no hice

get your stinkin' carcass off my property.

Dill was a villain's villain: he could get into any character part assigned him, and appear tall if height was part of the devilry required.

Aver coraggio significa sapere di essere sconfitti prima ancora di cominciare, e cominciare egualmente e arrivare sino in fondo, qualsiasi cosa succeda. È raro vincere in questi casi, ma qualche volta succede.

Tan segur com que passa el temps, la història es va repetint, i mentre l'home sigui home, la història és l'últim lloc on buscarà per aprendre.

YaÅŸam?n?n tek huzurlu dakikalar? sabah gözlerini ilk açt??? anla bilincini tam olarak toparlad??? an aras?nda geçen o k?sac?k süreydi; sonunda uyan?p günün capcanl? kabusuna ad?m atmadan önceki o birkaç saniye.

L'estate significava per me Dill accanto alla vasca dei pesci che fumava sigarette di canapa; significava gli occhi di Dill che brillavano mentre almanaccava complicati progetti per stanare Boo Radley; l'estate significava Dill che mi baciava, rapido, quando Jem non ci guardava, significava le nostalgie che ciascuno di noi provava e che l'altro intuiva: con lui la vita era normale; senza di lui, insopportabile.

D'abord, Scout, un petit truc pour que tout se passe mieux entre les autres, quels qu'ils soient, et toi : tu ne comprendras jamais aucune personne tant que tu n'envisageras pas la situation de son point de vue... - Pardon ? - ... tant que tu ne te glisseras pas dans sa peau et que tu n'essaieras pas de te mettre à sa place.

Bayan Caroline, un çuval?ndan dikilmiÅŸ etek ve kot gömlek giyen bu k?l?ks?z birinci s?n?f öÄŸrencilerinin hayal ürünü edebiyata yabanc? olduklar?n?, çoÄŸunun ilk yürümeye baÅŸlad?klar? günden beri pamuk tarlalar?nda ot temizlediklerini, domuzlara yem verdiklerini bilmiyordu. Öykünün sonuna gelince, Ah, ne güzeldi deÄŸil mi? diye sordu.

They say when you can't stand it your body is its own defense, you black out and you don't feel anymore.

After ten forevers Dr. Reynolds returned.

With rough gentleness the big boys taught her to shoot craps and chew tobacco without losing it. The big girls giggled behind their hands most of the time and whispered among themselves a great deal, but Jean Louise considered them useful when choosing sides for a volleyball match. All in all, it was turning out to be a wonderful year.