Quotes from Harper Lee

The chapter which concerned her began two hundred years ago and was played out in a proud society the bloodiest war and harshest peace in modern history could not destroy, returning, to be played out again on private ground in the twilight of a civilization no wars and no peace could save. Had she insight, could she have pierced

her ÅŸeyden önce dedi, basit bir s?r öÄŸrenirsen her türlü insanla anlaÅŸman kolayla??r, Scout. Bir insan? anlayabilmek için o insan?n bakt??? aç?dan bakmay? becerebilmesin...

Things are never as bad or as good as they seem at the time

You're gonna see change, you're gonna see Maycomb change its face completely in our lifetime. Your trouble, now, you want to have your cake and eat it: you want to stop the clock, but you can't.

Aber wenn es nur eine Art von Menschen gibt, warum können sie dann nicht miteinander auskommen? Wenn sie alle gleich sind, warum haben sie dann nichts anderes im Kopf als sich gegenseitig zu verabscheuen? Scout, so allmählich wird mir was klar. So allmählich wird mir klar, weshalb Boo Radley die ganze Zeit im Haus bleibt... Er tut´s, weil er drinbleiben will

No trains went there—Maycomb Junction, a courtesy title, was located in Abbott County, twenty miles away. Bus service was erratic and seemed to go nowhere, but the Federal Government had forced a highway or two through the swamps, thus giving the citizens an opportunity for free egress. But few people took advantage of the roads, and why should they? If you did not want much, there was plenty.

Two big tears had run beneath his glasses down the sides of his cheeks. They had hurt him badly this time.

Unutmaktan korkana kadar okumay? hiç sevmemiÅŸtim. Kim nefes almay? sevmez ki?

If there's just one kind of folks, why can't they get along with each other? If they're all alike, why do they go out of their way to despise each other?

There are just some kind of men who - who're so busy worrying about the next world they've never learned to live in this one, and you can look down the street and see the results.

It's never an insult to be called what someone thinks is a bad name. It just shows you how poor that person is, it doesn't hurt you.

Children are children, but they can spot an evasion quicker than adults, and evasion simply muddles 'em.

Jem was twelve. He was difficult to live with, inconsistent, moody. His appetite was appalling, and he told me so many times to stop pestering him I consulted Atticus: Reckon he's got tapeworm Atticus said no, Jem was growing. I must be patient with him and disturb him as little as possible.

It's better to be silent than to be a fool

The book to read is not the one that things for you but the one which makes you think.

Copila mea, nu e niciodat? o insult? ca cineva s?-È›i spun? ceea ce socoate a fi o injurie. ÎÈ›i arat? doar cât e de josnic, f?r? s? te poat? jigni.

He and Aunty looked alike, but Uncle Jack made better use of his face

You can shoot all the bluejays you want, if you can hit them. But remember, it's a sin to kill a mockingbird.

You must have lived it. If a man says to you, "This is the truth," and you believe him, and you discover what he says is not the truth, you are disappointed and you make sure you will not be caught out by him again. But a man who has lived by truth—and you have believed in what he has lived—he does not leave you merely wary when he fails you, he leaves you with nothing.

Vienintelis dalykas, kuris nepriklauso nuo daugumos, yra žmogaus s?žin?.

There goes the meanest man ever God blew breath into

I wanted you to see what real courage is instead of getting the idea that courage is a man with a gun in his hand. It's when you know you're licked before you begin, but you begin anyway and see it through no matter what.

Nu, dom'le, mi-era team? s? nu ajung la judecat?, cum am ?i ajuns. - ?i-era team? s? nu fii arestat, ?i-era team? c? vei da socoteal? de ce-ai f?cut? - Nu, dom'le, mi-era team? c? o s? dau socoteal? de ceea ce n-am f?cut.

you just hold your head high and keep those fists down. No matter what anybody says to you, don't you let 'em get your goat. Try fighting with your head for a change...It's a good one, even if it does resists learning.