Harper Lee
Novelist
"It's not necessary to tell all you know. It's not ladylike--in the second place, folks don't like to have somebody around knowin' more than they do."
Mockingbird quotes
Mockingbird
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Bob Marley
Musician, Singer-Songwriter
"Oh Mockingbird have you ever heard words that I’ve never heard"
Harper Lee
Novelist
"Things are never as bad as they seem."
Harper Lee
Novelist
"Miss Jean Louise, stand up. Your father's passin'."
Harper Lee
Novelist
"Folks don't like to have somebody around knowing more than they do."
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"Let the dead bury the dead."
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"That boy is your company. And if he wants to eat up that tablecloth, you let him, you hear?"
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"Hey, Mr. Cunningham. How's your entailment gettin' along?"
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"Best way to clear the air is to have it all out in the open."
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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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"Remember it’s a sin to kill a mockingbird."
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"This case is just as racist as the fictional, but unfortunately all too typical case, in 'To Kill a Mockingbird'."
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