They've done it before and they'll do it again and when they do it -- seems that only the children weep. Good night.
Harper LeeThere's no substitute for the love of language, for the beauty of an English sentence. There's no substitute for struggling, if a struggle is needed, to make an English sentence as beautiful as it should be.
Harper LeeWriting is something you'll never learn in any university or at any school. It's something that is within you, and if it isn't there, nothing can put it there.
Harper LeeWhen a child asks you something, answer him, for goodnessโ sake. But donโt make a production of it. Children are children, but they can spot an evasion quicker than adults, and evasion simply muddles โem. No... you had the right answer this afternoon, but the wrong reasons. Bad language is a stage all children go through, and it dies with time when they learn theyโre not attracting attention with it. Hotheadedness isnโt.
Harper Lee