Go Set A Watchman Quotes

“I'm only trying to make you see beyond men's acts to their motives. A man can appear to be a part of something not-so-good on its face, but don't take it upon yourself to judge him unless you know his motives as well. A man can be boiling inside, but he knows a mild answer works better than showing his rage. A man can condemn his enemies, but it's wiser to know them.”
― Harper Lee

“We have travelled into the past and returned to find that our present is not quite the same as we left it. Atticus Finch will never again be the white knight we once thought him.

And yet the mockingbird still sings — no longer a song of innocence, but maybe one of experience; a song that combines sorrow, forgiveness — and, ultimately, a kind of hope.”
― Joanne Harris

“We're all of us going to hell, it's just a question of time.”
― James Finch

“A world she despised, could not comprehend, nor defend herself against. a world that did not want her”
― Harper Lee , Go Set a Watchman

“You're gonna see change, you're gonna see Maycomb change its face completely in our lifetime. Your trouble, now, you want to have your cake and eat it: you want to stop the clock, but you can't.”
― Harper Lee

“We're all of us going to hell, it's just a question of time.”
― Harper Lee

“Love whom you will but marry your own kind was a dictum amounting to instinct within her.”
― Jean Louise Finch