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Receiving is harder than giving, son. But gifts are made to be accepted.


Dani Harper

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HARPER LEE It’s never an insult to be called what somebody thinks is a bad name. It just shows you how poor t...
HARPER LEE You just hold your head high and keep those fists down. No matter what anybody says to you, don't yo...
HARPER LEE With him, life was routine; without him, life was unbearable.
HARPER LEE Mockingbirds don’t do one thing but make music for us to enjoy. They don’t eat up people’s gar...
HARPER LEE People in their right minds never take pride in their talents.
HARPER LEE Atticus said to Jem one day, "I’d rather you shot at tin cans in the backyard, but I know you’ll...
HARPER LEE Atticus told me to delete the adjectives and I'd have the facts.
HARPER LEE People generally see what they look for, and hear what they listen for.
HARPER LEE I wanted you to see what real courage is, instead of getting the idea that courage is a man with a g...
HARPER LEE Delete the adjectives and [you'll] have the facts.
HARPER LEE Atticus, you must be wrong."

"How's that?"

"Well, most folks seem to think t...
HARPER LEE I wanted you to see what real courage is, instead of getting the idea that courage is a man with a g...
HARPER LEE Before I can live with other folks, I’ve got to live with myself. The one thing that doesn’t abide...
HARPER LEE We should have been there shoulder to shoulder with our allies. Our concern is the instability of ou...
STEPHEN HARPER I would like to acquire a document autographed by John Witherspoon, who signed the Declaration of In...
GREGG HARPER Many receive advice, only the wise profit from it.
HARPER LEE I am a disaster magnet. I came home from our first anniversary vacation with jellyfish stings, a pun...
MOLLY HARPER My friend is a former race car driver, so he races for Mercedes, and I root for him. I have a car th...
HILL HARPER