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Harper Lee

Portrait of Harper Lee
Portrait: Wikimedia Commons, Public domain

AUTHOR PROFILE

Harper Lee

Harper Lee is described in biographical records as an American novelist (1926–2016) (1926–2016). The selections gathered here touch on adversity, courage, work. This profile brings the attributed quotations together with their available source information.

FEATURED QUOTE
“Real courage is when you know you’re licked before you begin, but you begin anyway and see it through no matter what.”
— Harper Lee

Biography at a glance

  • Profile: American novelist (1926–2016)
  • Life: 1926–2016
  • Quotes in this collection: 1

Life and work

Biographical records connect Harper Lee with University of Alabama and Huntingdon College. Works associated with Harper Lee include To Kill a Mockingbird and Go Set a Watchman. This collection includes one quotation credited to Harper Lee. Each quotation page preserves its own citation, when supplied, so readers can follow the passage back to its stated context.

Reading the quotations

The selections gathered here touch on adversity, courage, work. These topic links make it easier to compare these words with other voices in the LDS Flow library. Citations are shown on the individual quotation pages where the source collection provided them.

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Quotes by Harper Lee

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