Five Mockingbird quotes people are sharing to remember Harper Lee

Harper Lee with George W BushReuters

"There's just one kind of folks. Folks."

As news that Harper Lee, author of To Kill a Mockingbird, had died started to spread among her fans, they took to social media to pay their respects and to share their favourite quotes.

The story of a white lawyer defending a black man accused of rape in America's deep South inspired a generation and inspired some great lines:

@holly_bourneya: "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@holly_bourneya

One line shared by hundreds of you is Scout's line about folks:

@cllrtomhayes: "I think there's just one kind of folks. Folks." - Harper Lee@cllrtomhayes

Erin Dealey was moved to quote Scout's father, Atticus Finch:

@erindealey: "You never understand a person until you consider things from his point of view." - Harper Lee@erindealey/Twitter

While it was another of Atticus's lines that inspired Literary Interest, which tweeted a quote aimed to get people to stand up for what they believe in:

@interestinglit: "The one thing that doesn't abide by majority rule is a person's conscience."- Harper Lee@interestinglit

And finally Scout's love of books was the quote that Kenyon Review wanted to share:

@kenyonreview: "I never loved reading until I feared I would lose it. One does not love breathing." - Harper Lee@kenyonreview

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