Harper Lee

Harper Lee

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Southern American author who wrote the classic novel To Kill a Mockingbird. She was awarded the 2007 Presidential Medal of Freedom for her tremendous contribution to American literature and culture. 
  • When was
    Harper Lee born?

    Harper Lee was born on Wednesday, April 28, 1926

  • Where was
    Harper Lee born?

    Harper Lee was born in Monroeville, AL

  • How old is
    Harper Lee?

    Harper Lee is 98

  • How much is Harper Lee worth?

    Harper Lee is worth $35 Million


Best Quotes

  • I'm no idealist to believe firmly in the integrity of our courts and in the jury system -- that is no ideal to me, it is a living, working reality. Gentlemen, a court is no better than each man of you sitting before me on this jury. A court is only as sound as its jury, and a jury is only as sound as the men who make it up.
  • Until I feared I would lose it, I never loved to read. One does not love breathing.
  • Things are never as bad as they seem.
  • The one thing that doesn't abide by majority rule is a person's conscience.
  • Simply because we were licked a hundred years before we started is no reason for us not to try to win.
  • Daylight, in my mind, the night faded.
  • Best way to clear the air is to have it all out in the open.
  • I wanted you to see what real courage is, instead of getting the idea that courage is a man with a gun in his hand. It's when you know you're licked before you begin but you begin anyway and you see it through no matter what.
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