Harper Lee

"The simple act of saying that I am different from you is not an act of war."

"I think maybe it never is too late."

"The presence of others who have gone through similar struggles is an affirmation that you will survive."

"All the world is a stage, and all the men and women merely players."

"With me, a story usually begins with a single idea or character, and I start to think about it."

"The one thing that doesn't bend to the will of the majority is the individual human conscience."

"Some breeds of men should be destroyed."

"The mind of a bigot is like the pupil of the eye. The more light you shine on it, the more it will close."

"There's no lady for you, Tom, so I suggest you pay your respects and get on home."

"It is with profound regret that I announce that I have always been afraid of the dark."

"If you have to go into the middle of the road to stand up for what you believe in, you do it."

"Maycomb is a tired old town."

"We need a new kind of person. But the question is, how do we make them?"

"I think there's one kind of folks. Just folks."

"There are just some kind of men who are born to understand without being told."

"I would like to be remembered as a person who wanted to be free."

"I think there must be something wrong with me, because I can't seem to care about anything anymore."

"The simple answer is, I write."

"Nothing is more entertaining than a man with a clear conscience and a good book."

"Some people are born blind, some people become blind, and some people just act blind."

"The presence of something that took generations to build shouldn't be that easily destroyed."

"I have nothing but contempt for people who follow the herd."

"The greatest privilege I have known is being allowed to pursue what I want to pursue."

"You have to be patient with people. That is what you do when you love someone."

"The will of the people is the best law."

"I think when you arrive at old age, you arrive there alone."

"Being Southerners, it was a source of shame to some members of the family that we were not descended from any king whatsoever."

"I am amazed by the capacity of the human spirit to triumph over terrible circumstances."

"Every man has his own conscience, and there should be enough religion in the world to guide them."

"Compassion is not weakness, it is strength."