Real courage is when you know youre licked before you begin, but you begin anyway and see it through no matter what. – Harper Lee
I never expected any sort of success with Mockingbird… I sort of hoped someone would like it enough to give me encouragement. – Harper Lee
As you grow older, youll see white men cheat black men every day of your life, but let me tell you something and dont you forget it — whenever a white man does that to a black man, no matter who he is, how rich he is, or how fine a family he comes from, that white man is trash. – Harper Lee
Until I feared I would lose it, I never loved to read. One does not love breathing. – Harper Lee