Harper Lee Quotes
Cecil Jacobs is a big wet hen!
Lee, Harper. To Kill a Mockingbird. J. B. Lippincott & Co., 1960.
Samuel Langhorne Clemens, 1835-1910. This is why politicians fear ridicule worse than any other form of attack. If it is funny enough, the message sticks and is constantly remembered and repeated even if it is clearly exaggerated or untrue. Ridicule is however, very difficult to do well. Done poorly, it can backfire and appear mean-spirited and craven.
Nelle Harper Lee was an American novelist best known for her 1960 novel To Kill a Mockingbird. It won the 1961 Pulitzer Prize and has become a classic of modern American literature. Lee published only two books, yet she was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2007 for her contribution to literature. She also received numerous honorary degrees, though she declined to speak on those occasions. She assisted her close friend Truman Capote in his research for the book In Cold Blood (1966). Capote was the basis for the character Dill Harris in To Kill a Mockingbird.