Harper Lee War Quotations

Mr. Avery said it was written on the Rosetta Stone that when children disobeyed their parents, smoked cigarettes and made war on each other, the seasons would change: Jem and I were burdened with the guilt of contributing to the aberrations of nature, thereby causing unhappiness to our neighbors and discomfort to ourselves.

Writing is simply something you must do. It's rather like virtue in that it is its own reward.

It was times like these when I thought my father, who hated guns and had never been to any wars, was the bravest man who ever lived.