“The one thing that doesn’t abide by majority rule is a person’s conscience.”
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2. "As you grow up, always tell the truth, do no harm to others, and don't think you are the most important being on earth."
—Letters of Note, 2006
3. "The book to read is not the one that thinks for you but the one which makes you think."
—To Kill a Mockingbird
4. "People generally see what they look for, and hear what they listen for."
—To Kill a Mockingbird
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6. "Any writer worth his salt writes to please himself...It's a self-exploratory operation that is endless. An exorcism of not necessarily his demon, but of his divine discontent."
—An interview, 1964
7. "Until I feared I would lose it, I never loved to read. One does not love breathing."
—To Kill a Mockingbird
8. "In New York you are your own person. You may reach out and embrace all of Manhattan in sweet aloneness, or you can go to hell if you want to."
—Go Set a Watchman
