Harper Lee citáty
Harper Lee
Datum narození: 28. duben 1926
Datum úmrtí: 19. únor 2016
Nelle Harper Leeová byla americká spisovatelka a redaktorka. Roku 1959 publikovala svůj román s názvem „Jako zabít ptáčka“ , který se hned po vydání stal bestsellerem. Román popisuje hrubé mezirasové vztahy mezi barevnou vrstvou obyvatelstva a bílou vrstvou obyvatelstva, které nejbouřlivěji panovaly v době hospodářské krize na jihu USA. Harper Leeová za toto jedinečné dílo, které prorazilo nespočet společenských hranic, získala roku 1961 Pulitzerovu cenu za literaturu. Jejím dalším dílem je Postav hlídku.
Citáty Harper Lee
„Are you proud of yourself tonight that you have insulted a total stranger whose circumstances you know nothing about?“
— Harper Lee, kniha To Kill a Mockingbird
Zdroj: To Kill a Mockingbird
„Shoot all the bluejays you want, if you can hit ‘em, but remember it’s a sin to kill a mockingbird.“
— Harper Lee, kniha To Kill a Mockingbird
Zdroj: To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)
„Mockingbirds don't do one thing but make music for us to enjoy. They don't eat up people's gardens, don't nest in corncribs, they don't do one thing but sing their hearts out for us.“
— Harper Lee, kniha To Kill a Mockingbird
Pt. 1, ch. 10
Atticus Finch & Maudie Atkinson
Zdroj: To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)
Kontext: "I'd rather you shot at tin cans in the back yard, but I know you'll go after birds. Shoot all the bluejays you want, if you can hit ‘em, but remember it's a sin to kill a mockingbird." That was the only time I ever heard Atticus say it was a sin to do something, and I asked Miss Maudie about it.
“Your father's right," she said. "Mockingbirds don't do one thing but make music for us to enjoy. They don't eat up people's gardens, don't nest in corncribs, they don't do one thing but sing their hearts out for us. That's why it's a sin to kill a mockingbird."
„People in their right minds never take pride in their talents.“
— Harper Lee, kniha To Kill a Mockingbird
Pt. 1, ch. 10
Miss Maudie
Zdroj: To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)
„Atticus, he was real nice."
"Most people are, Scout, when you finally see them.“
— Harper Lee, kniha To Kill a Mockingbird
Pt. 2, ch. 31
Jean Louise (Scout) Finch & Atticus Finch
Varianta: Most people are, Scout, when you finally see them.
Zdroj: To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)
Kontext: "An' they chased him 'n' never could catch him 'cause they didn't know what he looked like, an' Atticus, when they finally saw him, why he hadn't done any of those things... Atticus, he was real nice..."
"Most people are, Scout, when you finally see them."
„You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view - until you climb into his skin and walk around in it.“
— Harper Lee, kniha To Kill a Mockingbird
Varianta: You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view - until you climb into his skin and walk around in it.
Zdroj: To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)
