Today, April 28th is the birthday of Pulitzer Prize-winning author, Harper Lee.Lee was born on this day in 1926, [the year my own father was born] in Monroeville, Alabama.
Below are a few of my favorite quotes from To Kill A Mockingbird:
“When a child asks you something, answer him, for goodness' sake. But don't make a production of it. Children are children, but they can spot an evasion quicker than adults, and evasion simply muddles 'em.”
-- From Chapter 9, spoken by the character Atticus
“I think there's just one kind of folks. Folks.”
-- From Chapter 23, spoken by the character Scout
“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 you see it through no matter what. You rarely win, but sometimes you do.”
-- From Chapter 11, spoken by the character Atticus
See my own brief review of the book here.
Have a great Friday!
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