Top 500 Harper Lee Quotes (2024 Update)
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Harper Lee Quote: “A few graves in the cemetery were marked with crumbling tombstones; newer ones were outlined with brightly colored glass and broken Coca-Cola bottles.”

401. “A few graves in the cemetery were marked with crumbling tombstones; newer ones were outlined with brightly colored glass and broken Coca-Cola bottles.”

Harper Lee Quote: “Dill was a villain’s villain: he could get into any character part assigned him, and appear tall if height was part of the devilry required.”

402. “Dill was a villain’s villain: he could get into any character part assigned him, and appear tall if height was part of the devilry required.”

Harper Lee Quote: “Almost died first year I come to school and et them pecans – folks say he pizened ’em and put ’em over on the school side of the fence.”

403. “Almost died first year I come to school and et them pecans – folks say he pizened ’em and put ’em over on the school side of the fence.”

Harper Lee Quote: “I felt the starched walls of a pink cotton penitentiary closing in on me, and for the second time in my life I thought of running away.”

404. “I felt the starched walls of a pink cotton penitentiary closing in on me, and for the second time in my life I thought of running away.”

Harper Lee Quote: “She was always ordering me out of the kitchen, asking me why I couldn’t behave as well as Jem when she knew he was older, and calling me home when I wasn’t ready to come. Our battles were epic and one-sided. Calpurnia always won, mainly because Atticus always took her side. She had been with us ever since Jem was born, and I had felt her tyrannical presence as long as I could remember.”

405. “She was always ordering me out of the kitchen, asking me why I couldn’t behave as well as Jem when she knew he was older, and calling me home when I wasn’t ready to come. Our battles were epic and one-sided. Calpurnia always won, mainly because Atticus always took her side. She had been with us ever since Jem was born, and I had felt her tyrannical presence as long as I could remember.”

Harper Lee Quote: “No,” said Atticus, “putting his life’s history on display for the edification of the neighborhood.”

406. “No,” said Atticus, “putting his life’s history on display for the edification of the neighborhood.”

Harper Lee Quote: “Thanks, but Scout’ll run me down later.” His use of her childhood name crashed on her ears. Don’t you ever call me that again. You who called me Scout are dead and in your grave.”

407. “Thanks, but Scout’ll run me down later.” His use of her childhood name crashed on her ears. Don’t you ever call me that again. You who called me Scout are dead and in your grave.”

Harper Lee Quote: “In all his life, Jem had never declined a dare. I suppose he loved honor more than his head.”

408. “In all his life, Jem had never declined a dare. I suppose he loved honor more than his head.”

Harper Lee Quote: “Well, he can make somebody’s will so airtight can’t anybody meddle with it.”

409. “Well, he can make somebody’s will so airtight can’t anybody meddle with it.”

Harper Lee Quote: “Cecil Jacobs, who lived at the far end of our street next door to the post office, walked a total of one mile per school day to avoid the Radley Place and old Mrs. Henry Lafayette Dubose. Mrs. Dubose lived two doors up the street from us; neighborhood opinion was unanimous that Mrs. Dubose was the meanest old woman who ever lived. Jem wouldn’t go by her place without Atticus beside him.”

410. “Cecil Jacobs, who lived at the far end of our street next door to the post office, walked a total of one mile per school day to avoid the Radley Place and old Mrs. Henry Lafayette Dubose. Mrs. Dubose lived two doors up the street from us; neighborhood opinion was unanimous that Mrs. Dubose was the meanest old woman who ever lived. Jem wouldn’t go by her place without Atticus beside him.”

Harper Lee Quote: “To all parties present and participating in the life of the county, however, Alexandra was the last of her kind: she had river-boat, boarding-school manners; let any moral come along and she would uphold it; she was a disapprover; she was an incurable gossip.”

411. “To all parties present and participating in the life of the county, however, Alexandra was the last of her kind: she had river-boat, boarding-school manners; let any moral come along and she would uphold it; she was a disapprover; she was an incurable gossip.”

Harper Lee Quote: “Atticus said it was the polite thing to talk to people about what they were interested in, not about what you were interested in. Mr. Cunningham displayed no interest in his son, so I tackled his entailment once more in a last-ditch effort to make him feel at home.”

412. “Atticus said it was the polite thing to talk to people about what they were interested in, not about what you were interested in. Mr. Cunningham displayed no interest in his son, so I tackled his entailment once more in a last-ditch effort to make him feel at home.”

Harper Lee Quote: “Stephanie Crawford even told me once she woke up in the middle of the night and found him looking in the window at her. I said what did you do, Stephanie, move over in the bed and make room for him? That shut her up for a while.”

413. “Stephanie Crawford even told me once she woke up in the middle of the night and found him looking in the window at her. I said what did you do, Stephanie, move over in the bed and make room for him? That shut her up for a while.”

Harper Lee Quote: “Miss Maudie settled her bridgework. “You know old Mr. Radley was a foot-washing Baptist – ” “That’s what you are, ain’t it?” “My shell’s not that hard, child. I’m just a Baptist.”

414. “Miss Maudie settled her bridgework. “You know old Mr. Radley was a foot-washing Baptist – ” “That’s what you are, ain’t it?” “My shell’s not that hard, child. I’m just a Baptist.”

Harper Lee Quote: “He is an incredible man, she thought. A chapter of his life comes to a close, Atticus tears down the old house and builds a new one in a new section of town. I couldn’t do it. They built an ice cream parlor where the old one was. Wonder who runs it?”

415. “He is an incredible man, she thought. A chapter of his life comes to a close, Atticus tears down the old house and builds a new one in a new section of town. I couldn’t do it. They built an ice cream parlor where the old one was. Wonder who runs it?”

Harper Lee Quote: “People generally see what they look for and hear what they listen for, and they have a right to subject their children to it.”

416. “People generally see what they look for and hear what they listen for, and they have a right to subject their children to it.”

Harper Lee Quote: “But it’s okay to hate Hitler?” “It is not,” he said. “It’s not okay to hate anybody.”

417. “But it’s okay to hate Hitler?” “It is not,” he said. “It’s not okay to hate anybody.”

Harper Lee Quote: “When in the course of human events it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another they are Communists.”

418. “When in the course of human events it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another they are Communists.”

Harper Lee Quote: “He was bleeding slowly to death in the midst of abundance, for his life’s blood was poverty.”

419. “He was bleeding slowly to death in the midst of abundance, for his life’s blood was poverty.”

Harper Lee Quote: “When Alexandra went to finishing school, self-doubt could not be found in any textbook, so she knew not its meaning; she was never bored, and given the slightest chance she would exercise her royal prerogative: she would arrange, advise, caution, and warn. She.”

420. “When Alexandra went to finishing school, self-doubt could not be found in any textbook, so she knew not its meaning; she was never bored, and given the slightest chance she would exercise her royal prerogative: she would arrange, advise, caution, and warn. She.”

Harper Lee Quote: “She said: “The question, gentlemen – is one of liquor; You ask for guidance – this is my reply: He says, when tipsy, he would thrash and kick her, Let’s make him tipsy, gentlemen, and try!” Alexandra was not amused. She was extremely annoyed.”

421. “She said: “The question, gentlemen – is one of liquor; You ask for guidance – this is my reply: He says, when tipsy, he would thrash and kick her, Let’s make him tipsy, gentlemen, and try!” Alexandra was not amused. She was extremely annoyed.”

Harper Lee Quote: “Jem, she’s old and ill. You can’t hold her responsible for what she says and does. Of course, I’d rather she’d have said it to me than to either of you, but we can’t always have our ’druthers.”

422. “Jem, she’s old and ill. You can’t hold her responsible for what she says and does. Of course, I’d rather she’d have said it to me than to either of you, but we can’t always have our ’druthers.”

Harper Lee Quote: “Miss Caroline was no more than twenty-one. She had bright auburn hair, pink cheeks, and wore crimson fingernail polish. She also wore high-heeled pumps and a red-and-white-striped dress. She looked and smelled like a peppermint drop. She boarded across the street one door down from us in Miss Maudie Atkinson’s upstairs front room, and when Miss Maudie introduced us to her, Jem was in a haze for days.”

423. “Miss Caroline was no more than twenty-one. She had bright auburn hair, pink cheeks, and wore crimson fingernail polish. She also wore high-heeled pumps and a red-and-white-striped dress. She looked and smelled like a peppermint drop. She boarded across the street one door down from us in Miss Maudie Atkinson’s upstairs front room, and when Miss Maudie introduced us to her, Jem was in a haze for days.”

Harper Lee Quote: “The class murmured apprehensively, should she prove to harbor her share of the peculiarities indigenous to that region.”

424. “The class murmured apprehensively, should she prove to harbor her share of the peculiarities indigenous to that region.”

Harper Lee Quote: “The world’s endin’, Atticus! Please do something – !” I dragged him to the window and pointed. “No it’s not,” he said. “It’s snowing.”

425. “The world’s endin’, Atticus! Please do something – !” I dragged him to the window and pointed. “No it’s not,” he said. “It’s snowing.”

Harper Lee Quote: “Dill’s eyes flickered at Jem, and Jem looked at the floor. Then he rose and broke the remaining code of our childhood. He went out of the room and down the hall. “Atticus,” his voice was distant, “can you come here a minute, sir?”

426. “Dill’s eyes flickered at Jem, and Jem looked at the floor. Then he rose and broke the remaining code of our childhood. He went out of the room and down the hall. “Atticus,” his voice was distant, “can you come here a minute, sir?”

Harper Lee Quote: “Old Mr. Bob Ewell accused him of rapin’ his girl an’ had him arrested an’ put in jail – ” “Mr.”

427. “Old Mr. Bob Ewell accused him of rapin’ his girl an’ had him arrested an’ put in jail – ” “Mr.”

Harper Lee Quote: “They drew up her bosom to giddy heights, pinched in her waist, flared out her rear, and managed to suggest that Alexandra’s had once been an hourglass figure.”

428. “They drew up her bosom to giddy heights, pinched in her waist, flared out her rear, and managed to suggest that Alexandra’s had once been an hourglass figure.”

Harper Lee Quote: “You tell Cecil I’m about as radical as Cotton Tom Heflin.”

429. “You tell Cecil I’m about as radical as Cotton Tom Heflin.”

Harper Lee Quote: “There’s one thing I truly believe, Gertrude,” she continued, “but some people just don’t see it my way. If we just let them know we forgive ’em, that we’ve forgotten it, then this whole thing’ll blow over.”

430. “There’s one thing I truly believe, Gertrude,” she continued, “but some people just don’t see it my way. If we just let them know we forgive ’em, that we’ve forgotten it, then this whole thing’ll blow over.”

Harper Lee Quote: “They said later that Mrs. Merriweather was putting her all into the grand finale, that she had crooned, “Po-ork,” with a confidence born of pine trees and butterbeans entering on cue. She waited a few seconds, then called, “Po-ork?” When nothing materialized, she yelled, “Pork!”

431. “They said later that Mrs. Merriweather was putting her all into the grand finale, that she had crooned, “Po-ork,” with a confidence born of pine trees and butterbeans entering on cue. She waited a few seconds, then called, “Po-ork?” When nothing materialized, she yelled, “Pork!”

Harper Lee Quote: “Never, never, never, on cross-examination ask a witness a question you don’t already know the answer to.”

432. “Never, never, never, on cross-examination ask a witness a question you don’t already know the answer to.”

Harper Lee Quote: “There ain’t one thing in this world I can do about folks except laugh, so I’m gonna join the circus and laugh my head off.”

433. “There ain’t one thing in this world I can do about folks except laugh, so I’m gonna join the circus and laugh my head off.”

Harper Lee Quote: “Since there was no evidence of criminal intent, he wouldn’t be above throwin’ a little dust in a juryman’s eyes.”

434. “Since there was no evidence of criminal intent, he wouldn’t be above throwin’ a little dust in a juryman’s eyes.”

Harper Lee Quote: “Melbourne said once, that the only real duties of government were to prevent crime and preserve contracts, to which I will add one thing since I find myself reluctantly in the twentieth century: and to provide for the common defense.” “That’s a cloudy statement.” “Indeed it is. It leaves us with so much freedom.”

435. “Melbourne said once, that the only real duties of government were to prevent crime and preserve contracts, to which I will add one thing since I find myself reluctantly in the twentieth century: and to provide for the common defense.” “That’s a cloudy statement.” “Indeed it is. It leaves us with so much freedom.”

Harper Lee Quote: “Miss Maudie had once let me see it: among other things, the recipe called for one large cup of sugar.”

436. “Miss Maudie had once let me see it: among other things, the recipe called for one large cup of sugar.”

Harper Lee Quote: “There goes the meanest man ever God blew breath into,” murmured Calpurnia, and she spat meditatively into the yard. We.”

437. “There goes the meanest man ever God blew breath into,” murmured Calpurnia, and she spat meditatively into the yard. We.”

Harper Lee Quote: “She died beholden to nothing and nobody. She was the bravest person I ever knew.” – Atticus Finch.”

438. “She died beholden to nothing and nobody. She was the bravest person I ever knew.” – Atticus Finch.”

Harper Lee Quote: “I wondered if anybody had ever called her “ma’am,” or “Miss Mayella” in her life; probably not, as she took offense to routine courtesy. What on earth was her life like? I soon found out.”

439. “I wondered if anybody had ever called her “ma’am,” or “Miss Mayella” in her life; probably not, as she took offense to routine courtesy. What on earth was her life like? I soon found out.”

Harper Lee Quote: “He was as good as his worst performance; his worst performance was Gothic.”

440. “He was as good as his worst performance; his worst performance was Gothic.”

Harper Lee Quote: “For reasons unfathomable to the most experienced prophets in Maycomb County, autumn turned to winter that year.”

441. “For reasons unfathomable to the most experienced prophets in Maycomb County, autumn turned to winter that year.”

Harper Lee Quote: “Dr. Buford’s profession was medicine and his obsession was anything that grew in the ground, so he stayed poor.”

442. “Dr. Buford’s profession was medicine and his obsession was anything that grew in the ground, so he stayed poor.”

Harper Lee Quote: “I think maybe he put his gun down when he realized that God had given him an unfair advantage over most living things. I guess he decided he wouldn’t shoot till he had to, and he had to today.” “Looks like he’d be proud of it,” I said. “People in their right minds never take pride in their talents,” said Miss Maudie.”

443. “I think maybe he put his gun down when he realized that God had given him an unfair advantage over most living things. I guess he decided he wouldn’t shoot till he had to, and he had to today.” “Looks like he’d be proud of it,” I said. “People in their right minds never take pride in their talents,” said Miss Maudie.”

Harper Lee Quote: “The same families married the same families until relationships were hopelessly entangled and the members of the community looked monotonously alike.”

444. “The same families married the same families until relationships were hopelessly entangled and the members of the community looked monotonously alike.”

Harper Lee Quote: “I think maybe he put his gun down when he realized that God had given him an unfair advantage over most living things.”

445. “I think maybe he put his gun down when he realized that God had given him an unfair advantage over most living things.”

Harper Lee Quote: “Well, it’d be sort of like shootin’ a mockingbird, wouldn’t it?” Atticus put his face in my hair and rubbed it. When he got up and walked across the porch into the shadows, his youthful step had returned. Before he went inside the house, he stopped in front of Boo Radley. “Thank you for my children, Arthur,” he said.”

446. “Well, it’d be sort of like shootin’ a mockingbird, wouldn’t it?” Atticus put his face in my hair and rubbed it. When he got up and walked across the porch into the shadows, his youthful step had returned. Before he went inside the house, he stopped in front of Boo Radley. “Thank you for my children, Arthur,” he said.”

Harper Lee Quote: “Now we are both lonely, for entirely different reasons, but it feels the same, doesn’t it?”

447. “Now we are both lonely, for entirely different reasons, but it feels the same, doesn’t it?”

Harper Lee Quote: “While offering to the Lord the results of Mr. Cowper’s hallucination, or declaring it was Love that lifted her, Jean Louise shared the warmness that prevails among diverse individuals who find themselves in the same boat for one hour each week.”

448. “While offering to the Lord the results of Mr. Cowper’s hallucination, or declaring it was Love that lifted her, Jean Louise shared the warmness that prevails among diverse individuals who find themselves in the same boat for one hour each week.”

Harper Lee Quote: “When you happened along and saw him doing something that seemed to you to be the very antithesis of his conscience-your conscience-you literally could not stand it. It made you physically ill. Life became hell on earth for you. You had to kill yourself, or he had to kill you to get you functioning as a separate entity.”

449. “When you happened along and saw him doing something that seemed to you to be the very antithesis of his conscience-your conscience-you literally could not stand it. It made you physically ill. Life became hell on earth for you. You had to kill yourself, or he had to kill you to get you functioning as a separate entity.”

Harper Lee Quote: “The crowd was visibly impressed with Jean Louise. Girls she saw every day asked her where she got her dress, as if they didn’t all get them there: “Ginsberg’s. Calpurnia took it up,” she said. Several of the younger boys with whom she had been on eye-gouging terms only a few years ago made self-conscious conversation with her.”

450. “The crowd was visibly impressed with Jean Louise. Girls she saw every day asked her where she got her dress, as if they didn’t all get them there: “Ginsberg’s. Calpurnia took it up,” she said. Several of the younger boys with whom she had been on eye-gouging terms only a few years ago made self-conscious conversation with her.”

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