Groundbreaking writer Harper Lee has died at age 89 on Friday.
The Alabama native wrote To Kill a Mockingbird, one of the defining pieces of literature that focuses on the racial injustices that existed in the South during the existence of Jim Crow laws.
The 1960 classic won the Pulitzer Prize and is often referred to as one of the greatest American novels of all time.
Here are seven quotes from the book to remember the beautiful soul who brought us To Kill A Mockingbird:
- “The one thing that doesn’t abide by majority rule is a person’s conscience.”
- “People generally see what they look for, and hear what they listen for.”
- “People in their right minds never take pride in their talents.”
- “Mockingbirds don’t do one thing but make music for us to enjoy. They don’t eat up people’s gardens, don’t nest in corncribs, they don’t do one thing but sing their hearts out for us. That’s why it’s a sin to kill a mockingbird.”
- “Real courage is when you know you’re licked before you begin, but you begin anyway and see it through no matter what.”
- “There are just some kind of men who-who’re so busy worrying about the next world they’ve never learned to live in this one, and you can look down the street and see the results.”
- “I think there’s just one kind of folks. Folks.”
What’s your favorite To Kill a Mockingbird quote?
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