There'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 LeeAny writer worth his salt writes to please himself...It's a self-exploratory operation that is endless. An exorcism of not necessarily his demon, but of his divine discontent.
Harper LeeShoot all the blue jays you want, if you can hit 'em, but remember it's a sin to kill a mockingbird.
Harper LeeDill said striking a match under a turtle was hateful. โHow do you know a match don't hurt him?โ โTurtles can't feel, stupid,โ said Jem. โWhere you ever a turtle, huh?
Harper LeeI had never thought about it, but summer was Dill by the fishpool smoking string, Dill's eyes alive with complicated plans to make Boo Radley emerge; summer was the swiftness with which Dill would reach up and kiss me when Jem was not looking, the longings we sometimes felt each other feel. With him, life was routine; without him, life was unbearable..." - Scout Finch
Harper Lee