February 19: Harper Lee Remembered
Harper Lee, author of “To Kill a Mockingbird,” died on this date in 2016. Enjoy these quotes from a rare interview and her written work.
Harper Lee, author (April 28, 1926–February 19, 2016)
“I would like to be the chronicler of something that I think is going down the drain very swiftly, and that is small town, middle-class southern life.” —Harper Lee
“Harper Lee, In Her Own Words.” WNYC News, February 24, 2016, https://www.wnyc.org/story/harper-lee-her-own-words/.
“I never expected that the book would sell in the first place. I was hoping for a quick and merciful death at the hand of the reviewers but I was hoping that maybe somebody might like it well enough to give me some encouragement about it, some public encouragement.” —Harper Lee
“Harper Lee, In Her Own Words.” WNYC News, February 24, 2016, https://www.wnyc.org/story/harper-lee-her-own-words/.
“So many writers don’t like to write.” —Harper Lee
“Harper Lee, In Her Own Words.” WNYC News, February 24, 2016, https://www.wnyc.org/story/harper-lee-her-own-words/.
“You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view… Until you climb inside of his skin and walk around in it.” —Harper Lee
Lee, Harper. “To Kill a Mockingbird.” J.B. Lippincott & Co., July 11, 1960.
“The one thing that doesn’t abide by majority rule is a person’s conscience.” —Harper Lee
Lee, Harper. “To Kill a Mockingbird.” J.B. Lippincott & Co., July 11, 1960.
To learn more, read these Harper Lee quotes.
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