Harper Lee

"The truth is, we are all both good and bad. We are mixed."

"Books reveal the nature of human character and its possibilities."

"A reader lives a thousand lives before he dies."

"Without libraries, what have we? We have a past without reflection."

"Simply because we're licked doesn't mean we can't still try."

"You must never betray your conscience, no matter how great the pressure."

"The human heart is worthy of knowing and celebrating in all its complexity."

"Education is the most powerful tool for changing the world."

"To grow up is to stop putting blame on your parents, you understand."

"The conscience of a man is a different thing to different men, and the law is the only thing we have."

"Until you've lost your reputation, you don't know how freeing it can be."

"It is very easy to make assumptions and judgments based on appearances."

"Empathy is what separates us from the cruelest aspects of nature."

"Writing is the most solitary of all professions, and yet one that links you to humanity."

"The desire to write comes from the heart and the mind, not from desire for fame."

"In solitude, one must find the courage to be honest with oneself."

"Every person has their own battle they're fighting."

"The beauty of growing old is the wisdom you gather along the way."

"We accept the love we think we deserve in our hearts."

"Integrity is doing the right thing even when nobody is watching."

"A good writer must understand the full spectrum of human experience."

"The past is a ghost that we must learn to live with peacefully."

"Prejudice is taught, not born, and can therefore be unlearned."

"To love someone is to accept their flaws as readily as their virtues."

"The measure of a person is not how they treat those above them, but those beneath them."

"Time moves differently when you're young; it flies as you grow older."

"Memory is a strange thing; it doesn't always serve us truthfully."

"We are all broken in some way, and that brokenness makes us human."

"The act of writing forces you to confront your own beliefs and biases."

"History teaches us that humanity is capable of both great evil and great good."