Life Quotes Quote by Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird — Inspiring Words on Life, Love & Wisdom

“Atticus had said it was the polite thing to talk to people about what they were interested in, not about what you were interested in.”

“With him, life was routine; without him, life was unbearable.”

“You see they could never, never understand that I live like I do because that's the way I want to live.”

“It’s never an insult to be called what somebody thinks is a bad name. It just shows you how poor that person is, it doesn’t hurt you.”

“You endure what is unbearable, and you bear it. That is all.”

“Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside in a cloud of smoke, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming "Wow! What a Ride!”

“I would not have you descend into your own dream. I would have you be a conscious citizen of this terrible and beautiful world.”

“The boundaries which divide Life from Death are at best shadowy and vague. Who shall say where the one ends, and where the other begins?”

““Son, are you happy?”