Quotes from Harper Lee

They drew up her bosom to giddy heights, pinched in her waist, flared out her rear, and managed to suggest that Alexandra's had once been an hourglass figure.

Melbourne said once, that the only real duties of government were to prevent crime and preserve contracts, to which I will add one thing since I find myself reluctantly in the twentieth century: and to provide for the common defense.

L'unica superiorità che l'ometto sul banco dei testimoni poteva vantare sui propri vicini di casa consisteva nel fatto che, a strofinarlo con la liscivia e acqua molto calda, si sarebbe scoperto che la sua pelle era bianca.

Atticus says that you can't punish the children for the father's faults.

Best way to clear the air is to have it all out in the open.

They said later that Mrs. Merriweather was putting her all into the grand finale, that she had crooned, Po-ork, with a confidence born of pine trees and butterbeans entering on cue. She waited a few seconds, then called, Po-ork? When nothing materialized, she yelled, Pork!

The Dewey Decimal System consisted, in part, of Miss Caroline waving cards at us on which were printed 'the', 'cat', 'rat', 'man', and 'you'.

Lei era la figlia del dottor Frank Buford, un proprietario della zona, per il quale la medicina costituiva soltanto una professione, mentre la vera passione restava la terra, cosicché era rimasto povero. Invece la passione di zio Jack per le colture si era limitata alle cassette di fori che aveva sulla finestra a Nashville, e così era potuto diventare ricco.

Sonunda insanlar?n garip yarat?klar olduÄŸuna, zorunlu olmad?kça uzun uzun onlar? düÅŸünmemeye karar verdim.

Keberanian adalah saat kau tahu kau akan kalah sebelum memulai, tetapi kau tetap memulai dan kau merampungkannya, apa pun yang terjadi. Kau jarang menang, tetapi kadang-kadang kau bisa menang.

From the day Mr Radley took Arthur home, people said the house died.

SINCE ATLANTA, SHE had looked out the dining-car window with a delight almost physical. Over her breakfast coffee, she watched the last of Georgia's hills recede and the red earth appear, and with it tin-roofed houses set in the middle of swept yards, and in the yards the inevitable verbena grew, surrounded by whitewashed tires.

Avec lui, la vie était banale, sans lui, elle devenait insupportable.

Atticus is a gentleman, just like me!

Tidak selalu perlu menunjukkan semua yang kita ketahui. Itu bukan sikap perempuan terhormat. Kedua, orang tak suka kalau ada orang lain yang lebih tahu dari mereka. Itu membuat mereka sebal.

Beautiful things floated around in his dreamy head. He could read two books to my one, but he preferred the magic of his own inventions.

Dr. Finch had drunk so long and so deep of his heady brew that his being was shot through with curious mannerisms and odd exclamations.

We came to know Dill as a pocket Merlin, whose head teemed with eccentric plans, strange longings, and quaint fancies.

not long ago, Atticus would have done it simply from his goodness, he would have done it for Cal.

Shut up, Jean Louise. I'm trying to make you see his motive:

wondered where Dill was. Jean Louise would know, she kept in touch. "Honey, where's Dill?" Jean Louise opened her eyes. "Italy, last time I heard.

every woman born in this world wants a strong man who knows her like a book, who's not only her lover but he who keepeth Israel.

I was bored, so I began a letter to Dill. Miss Caroline caught me writing and told me to tell my father to stop teaching me. "Besides," she said. "We don't write in the first grade, we print. You won't learn to write until you're in the third grade.

Jem said Mr. Avery misfigured, Dill said he must drink a gallon a day, and the ensuing contest to determine relative distances and respective prowess only made me feel left out again, as I was untalented in this area.