744 Quotes by Harper Lee

Одни только дураки гордятся своими талантами.(Мисс Моди Эткинсон - Глазастику Финч)

А не обязательно выставлять напоказ всё, что знаешь. Женщине это не к лицу. И во-вторых, людям вовсе не по вкусу, когда кто-то умней их. Они сердятся. Хоть и говори сам правильно, а их не переменишь, для этого им надо самим научиться, а уж если они не хотят, ничего не поделаешь - либо держи язык за зубами, либо говори, как они.(Кэлпурния - Глазастику Финч)

всякая толпа состоит из людей.

No, Jem, io credo che esista solo un tipo di gente. La gente"[...]"E' quello che pensavo anche io", disse infine [Jem], "quando avevo la tua età. Ma se c'è solo un tipo di gente, perché non possono andare tutti d'accordo? Se sono tutti uguali, perché si fanno in quattro per disprezzarsi a vicenda? Scout, io credo di cominciare a capire una cosa. Credo di cominciare a capire perché Boo Radley è rimasto chiuso in casa per tutto questo tempo... E' perché vuole stare in casa".

Everybody’s gotta learn, nobody’s born knowing.

We can't always have our druthers.

Thought you could kill my Snow-on-the-Mountain, did you? Well, Jessie says that the top's growing back out. Next time you'll know how to do it right, won't you? You'll pull it up by the roots, won't you?

...summer was the swiftness with which Dill would reach up and kiss me when Jem was not looking, the longing we sometimes felt each other feel. With him life was routine; without him life was unbearable.

Don't you oh well me,sir," Miss Maudie replied, recognizing Jem's fatalistic noises, "you are not old enough to appreciate what I said.