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“The one thing that doesn't abide by majority rule is a person's conscience.”
― Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird

“You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view... Until you climb inside of his skin and walk around in it.”
― Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird

“Sometimes the Bible in the hand of one man is worse than a whisky bottle in the hand of (another)... There are just some kind of men who - who're so busy worrying about the next world they've never learned to live in this one, and you can look down the street and see the results.”
― Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird

“People in their right minds never take pride in their talents.”
― Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird

“I wanted you to see what real courage is, instead of getting the idea that courage is a man with a gun in his hand. It's when you know you're licked before you begin, but you begin anyway and see it through no matter what.”
― Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird

“Life's got to be lived, no matter how long or short.”
― Natalie Babbitt, Tuck Everlasting

“You need boundaries but not walls. Walls divide while boundaries honor.”
― Wm. Paul Young, Cross Roads

“Perhaps true change increased the space in one's heart, creating openness that allowed for authentic community.”
― Wm. Paul Young, Cross Roads

“Faith takes risk, Tony, and there is always risk in relationships, but bottom line? The world has no meaning apart from relationships. Some are just messier than others, some are seasonal, others are difficult, and a few are easy, but every one of them is important.”
― Wm. Paul Young, Cross Roads

“Marriage is not 50/50. There will be days when one of you falls short. Make it your goal to give 100% every day. That way you're both covered. Every day, forever!”
― Karen Kingsbury, When We Were Young

“It is no shame to have a dirty face- the shame comes when you keep it dirty.”
― Truman Capote, In Cold Blood

“It is easy to ignore the rain if you have a raincoat”
― Truman Capote, In Cold Blood

“In school we only learn to recognize the words and to spell but the application of these words to real life is another thing that only life and living can give us.”
― Truman Capote, In Cold Blood

“You are a human being with a free will. Which puts you above the animal level. But if you live your life without feeling and compassion for your fellowman—you are as an animal—“an”
― Truman Capote, In Cold Blood