Harper Lee
Nelle Harper Lee (born April 28, 1926) is an American novelist widely known for her novel To Kill a Mockingbird, published in 1960. It was immediately successful, winning the Pulitzer Prize, and has become a classic of modern American literature. The plot and characters are loosely based on her observations of her family and neighbors, as well as on 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 seen through the eyes of two children. The novel was inspired by the racist attitudes she observed as a child in her hometown of Monroeville, Alabama. Though Lee published only this single book for half a century, she was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom for her contribution to literature. Lee has received numerous honorary degrees, and declined to speak on each occasion. Lee assisted close friend Truman Capote in his research for the book In Cold Blood (1966).
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Famous quotes by 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."
"The 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."
"You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view."
"Until I feared I would lose it, I never loved to read. One does not love breathing."
"It 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."
"I'm no idealist to believe firmly in the integrity of our courts and in the jury system -- that is no ideal to me, it is a living, working reality. Gentlemen, a court is no better than each man of you sitting before me on this jury. A court is only as sound as its jury, and a jury is only as sound as the men who make it up."
"Well, 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."
"I think there's just one kind of folks. Folks."
"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."
"You've really got to start hitting the books because it's no joke out here."
"Before 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."
"The one thing that doesn't abide by majority rule is a person's conscience."
"Many receive advice, only the wise profit from it."
"I never expected any sort of success with 'Mockingbird'... I sort of hoped someone would like it enough to give me encouragement."
"Folks don't like to have somebody around knowing more than they do."
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- To Kill a Mockingbird released: 1988
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- To Kill a Mockingbird, Part 23a
- To Kill a Mockingbird, Part 23b
- To Kill a Mockingbird, Part 23c
- To Kill a Mockingbird, Part 23d
- To Kill a Mockingbird, Part 23e
- To Kill a Mockingbird, Part 23f
- To Kill a Mockingbird, Part 23g
- To Kill a Mockingbird, Part 23h
- To Kill a Mockingbird, Part 24a
- To Kill a Mockingbird, Part 24b
- To Kill a Mockingbird, Part 24c
- To Kill a Mockingbird, Part 24d
- To Kill a Mockingbird, Part 24e
- To Kill a Mockingbird, Part 24f
- To Kill a Mockingbird, Part 24g
- To Kill a Mockingbird, Part 24h
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- All Things Can Be Mended released: 2004
- Everything's Going to Be OK released: 2002
- Go Back to Bed released:
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This Better Life
by: Harper Leesomeday i will find
this better life
i know i've got to find it
a place where we can hide
closed in open minds
i know i'll never get that
but one day
someone said
your world is dead
someday soon
i wasn't sure about it
i cannot live without it
i look into your eyes
for the smallest sign
to show i'm not deluded
but one day
someone said
you world is dead
i know i'll never change
these feelings will remain
i know i'll never lose that
but i'm scared of what to do
i'm scared they'll get to you
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Geraldine “Geri” Lee Tissue Ternitsky, 81, of Uniontown, went to be with her Lord Tuesday, March 11, 2025, at the Cleveland Clinic in Cleveland, Ohio, surrounded by her loving family ... William Harper, II (Patty), Lee Anne Baker, R.N.
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14 Mar 2025
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14 Mar 2025
NEW YORK, N.Y. — Who was Harper Lee before “To Kill a Mockingbird” and how did her writing develop after? ....
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Islington Tribune 14 Mar 2025
Lee Harper, 47, was arrested at his house on January 24 and charged with two counts of sending offensive and indecent messages and one count of sending threatening death or serious harm communications ... ....
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John Hunt returns to airwaves at Cheltenham to shame gutless crossbow killer Kyle Clifford
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6 comfort reads to curl up with this weekend: UAE book lovers picks, from bittersweet tales to gripping mysteries
Gulf News 14 Mar 2025
A comfort read means something different for everyone ... An idyllic life ... In short, comfort is a choice ... Take your pick ... To Kill A Mockingbird, written by Harper Lee, deals with a range of sensitive issues, viewed from Scout, a child’s perspective ... .
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'She meant every word, you simply lied': Final text messages between dumped Kyle Clifford and ...
The Daily Mail 12 Mar 2025
He said. 'I'd like to remind you Kyle, of how gracious Louise's was to you in that final text to you ... 'You texted back saying ... I love you all so much.' ... He said ... Louise's favourite novel from her schooldays was Harper Lee's classic, To Kill a Mockingbird.
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Hell will roll out the red carpet for you: BBC's John Hunt's victim impact statement in full
The Daily Telegraph 11 Mar 2025
The father and husband of Kyle Clifford’s victims has said that hell will “roll the red carpet” out for him ... This is John Hunt’s full victim statement ... Louise’s favourite novel from her schooldays was Harper Lee’s classic, To Kill a Mockingbird ... .
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