On the afternoon of February 19th, 2016, famous author Harper Lee passed away at the age of 89. Famously known for her famous novel "To Kill a Mockingbird" and its late sequel "Go Set a Watchman", Lee was a Pulitzer Prize winner from the small town of Monroeville, Alabama. In celebration of Lee's life and her amazing work, here are some of the most powerful quotes from "To Kill a Mockingbird".

1. "You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view. Until you climb inside of his skin and walk around in it." - Atticus Finch

2. "People generally see what they look for and hear what they listen for." - Judge Taylor

3. "Things are never as bad as they seem." - Miss Maudie

4. "Atticus, he was real nice." "Most people are, Scout, when you finally see them." - Scout & Atticus Finch

5. "It's never a bad thing to be called what someone else thinks is a bad name. It just shows you how poor that person is, it doesn't hurt you." - Atticus Finch

6. "Atticus says you can choose your friends but you sho' can't choose your family." - Jem Finch

7. "Shoot all the blue jays you want, if you can hit 'em, but remember it's a sin to kill a mockingbird." - Atticus Finch

8. "Until I feared I would lose it, I did not love reading. One does not love breathing." - Scout Finch

9. "Sometimes the Bible in the hand of one man is worse than whiskey in the hand of another." - Miss Maudie

10. "Things are always better in the morning." - Scout Finch

11. "People in their right minds never take pride in their talents." - Miss Maudie

12. "There are just some men who - who're so busy worrying about the next world they've never learned to live in this one." - Miss Maudie

13. "There are ways of doing things that you don't know about." - Miss Maudie

14. "The one thing that doesn't abide by majority rule is a person's conscious." - Atticus Finch

In memory of Nelle Harper Lee (4/28/1926 - 2/19/2016).