12 Quotes by Harper Lee about Atticus

  • Author Harper Lee
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    You confused your father with God. You never saw him as a man with a man’s heart, and a man’s failings – I’ll grant you it may have been hard to see, he makes so few mistakes, but he makes ’em like all of us. You were an emotional cripple, leaning on him, getting answers from him, assuming that your answers would always be his answers.

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    There was nowhere to go, but I turned to go and met Atticus's vest front. I buried my head in it and listened to the small internal noises that went on behind the light blue cloth: his watch ticking, the faint crackle of his starched shirt, the soft sound of his breathing.'Your stomach's growling,' I said.'I know it,' he said.

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    Before Jem looks at anyone else he looks at me, and I’ve tried to live so I can look squarely back at him.

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    -Tienen derecho a creerlo, ciertamente, y tienen derecho a que se respeten en absoluto sus opiniones -contestó Atticus-, pero antes de poder vivir con otras personas tengo que vivir conmigo mismo. La única cosa que no se rige por la regla de la mayoría es la conciencia de uno.

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