Harper Lee Quotes - Page 2

• No hay sustituto para el amor al lenguaje, para la belleza de una frase en inglés. No hay sustituto para la lucha, si la lucha es necesaria, para hacer que una frase en inglés sea tan bella como debe ser.

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  Belleza, Lucha, Lengua

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• Characters make their own plot. The dimensions of the characters determine the action of the novel.

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  Escritura, Personaje, Trama

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• Con él, la vida era rutinaria; sin él, insoportable.

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  Tkam, Rutina, Insoportable

  Harper Lee (1960). "MATAR A UN RUISEÑOR"

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• Ladies pick funny things to be proud of.

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  Funny Things, Proud, Be Proud

  Harper Lee (1960). "MATAR A UN RUISEÑOR"

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• 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.

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  Hurt, Thinking, Names

  Harper Lee (1960). "MATAR A UN RUISEÑOR"

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• Any writer worth his salt writes to please himself.

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  Writing, Salt, Exorcism

  "All Harper Lee wanted was to be 'the Jane Austen of South Alabama' - here's how she accomplished that and so much more" by Rachel Gillett, www.businessinsider.com. February 20, 2016.

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• She knew full well the enormity of her offense, but because her desires were stronger than the code she was breaking, she persisted in breaking it.

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  Desire, Stronger, Wells

  Harper Lee (2014). “To Kill A Mockingbird”, p.165, Random House

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• I would advise anyone who aspires to a writing career that before developing his talent he would be wise to develop a thick hide.

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  Inspirational, Wise, Writing

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• Le rendimos el mayor homenaje que se le puede rendir a un hombre. Confiamos en que hará lo correcto. Es así de simple.

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  Potente, Sencillo, Hombres

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• Cuando un niño te pregunte algo, respóndele, por el amor de Dios. Pero no lo conviertas en un espectáculo. Los niños son niños, pero detectan las evasivas más rápido que los adultos, y las evasivas simplemente los confunden.

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  Children, Tkam, Adults

  "To Kill a Mockingbird". Book by Harper Lee, 1962.

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• el verano era nuestra mejor estación: era dormir en catres en el porche trasero enrejado, o intentar dormir en la casa del árbol; el verano era todo lo que se podía comer; era mil colores en un paisaje reseco.

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  Summer, Sleep, Color

  Harper Lee (1960). "MATAR A UN RUISEÑOR"

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• Hasta que temí perderlo, nunca amé leer. No se ama respirar.

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  Gratitude, Appreciation, Powerful

  Harper Lee (2014). “To Kill a Mockingbird”, p.14, Harper Collins

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• Puedes elegir a tus amigos, pero no puedes elegir a tu familia, y siguen siendo parientes tuyos, los reconozcas o no, y quedas como un tonto cuando no lo haces.

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  Silly, Tkam, Looks

  Harper Lee (2014). “To Kill A Mockingbird”, p.182, Random House

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• Parecía alegrarse de verme cuando aparecí en la cocina, y al observarla empecé a pensar que había algo de habilidad en ser una chica.

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  Girl, Thinking, Skills

  Harper Lee (2014). “To Kill A Mockingbird”, p.96, Random House

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• Writing is a process of self-discipline you must learn before you can call yourself a writer. There are people who write, but I think they're quite different from people who must write.

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  Escribir, Pensar, Ser

  Interview with Roy Newquist, www.foxnews.com. 1964.

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• ...pero antes de vivir con los demás tengo que vivir conmigo mismo.

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  Integrity, Tkam, Killing Others

  Christopher Sergel, Harper Lee (1995). “The Play of To Kill a Mockingbird”, p.20, Heinemann

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• Atticus me dijo que borrara los adjetivos y tendría los hechos.

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  Tkam, Adjetivos, Jem Y Scout

  Harper Lee (1960). "MATAR A UN RUISEÑOR"

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• Now...in an abundant society where people have laptops, cell phones, ipods and minds like empty rooms, I still plod along with books.

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  Book, Phones, Empty Rooms

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• Things are never as bad as they seem.

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  Mockingbird, Seems, Kill A Mockingbird

  Harper Lee (1960). "MATAR A UN RUISEÑOR"

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• When a man spends his relief checks on green whiskey his children have a way of crying from hunger pains.

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  Children, Pain, Men

  Harper Lee (2014). “To Kill a Mockingbird”, p.21, Harper Collins

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• People who write for reward by way of recognition or monetary gain don't know what they're doing. They're in the category of those who write; they are not writers. Writing is simply something you must do. It's rather like virtue in that it is its own reward. Writing is selfish and contradictory in its terms. First of all, you're writing for an audience of one, you must please the one person you're writing for. Yourself.

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  Selfish, Writing, Audience Of One

  "All I Want To Be Is The Jane Austen Of South Alabama". Entrevista con Roy Newquist, www.thebluegrassspecial.com.

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• But sometimes we have to make the best of things, and the way we conduct ourselves when the chips are down.

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  Way, Sometimes, Chips

  Harper Lee (1960). "MATAR A UN RUISEÑOR"

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• You just hold your head high and keep those fists down. No matter what anybody says to you, don't you let 'em get your goat. Try fighting with your head for a change...

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  Powerful, Trying, Ems

  "To Kill A Mockingbird". Book by Harper Lee, July 11, 1960.

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• Quería que vieras lo que es el valor de verdad, en lugar de hacerte a la idea de que el valor es un hombre con una pistola en la mano.

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  Coraje, Real, Arma

  Harper Lee (1960). "MATAR A UN RUISEÑOR"

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• There are some men in this world who are born to do our unpleasant jobs for us. Your father's one of them.

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  Jobs, Father, Men

  Harper Lee (1960). "MATAR A UN RUISEÑOR"

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