"It's not necessary to tell all you know."

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Source : Harold Bloom, Harper Lee (2010). “Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird”, p.45, Infobase Publishing

Harper Lee

#Calpurnia Quotes

“Experiences, much more than instruction, are a seeing with the inner eye - finding a channel to our essential inner life, a door to our deepest understanding wherein we have the capacity for universal response.”
“If Russia is prepared to run the risk of cutting off supplies to its neighbors if they have a disagreement, how reliable are they as a supplier? You have to ask the question.”
“I have some road rage inside of me. Traffic, especially in L.A., is a pet peeve of mine.”
“When you get to sing with someone you care about, it's magical.”
“You wouldn't believe how the town was named for me. I was met by the whole population, headed by the mayor.”
“In any case, fighting will not settle whether the claims were just or unjust. It will only settle which nation can mobilize and handle its fighting forces and its economic forces the better.”
“Every woman knows the power of the sacred feminine.”
“Being a poet is one of the unhealthier jobs--no regular hours, so many temptations!”

Source : Elizabeth Bishop, Robert Lowell (2008). “Words in Air: The Complete Correspondence Between Elizabeth Bishop and Robert Lowell”

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