Harper Lee, author of the classic novel "To Kill A Mockingbird," passed away on Feb. 19 at the age of 89. In honor of Harper Lee's literary legacy is this list of some of the most inspiring, beautiful, and insightful lines in literature.
1. "To Kill A Mockingbird" by Harper Lee
"Real Courage is when you know you're licked before you begin, but you begin anyway and see it through no matter what"
2. "The Hobbit" by J.R.R. Tolkien
"If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world."
3. "Frankenstein" by Mary Shelley
"Life, although it may only be an accumulation of anguish, is dear to me, and I will defend it."
4. "The Tempest" by William Shakespeare
"We are such stuff /As dreams are made on; and our little life / Is rounded with a sleep."
5. "Hogfather" by Terry Pratchett
“Humans need fantasy to be human. To be the place where the falling angel meets the rising ape.”
6. "Coraline" by Neil Gaiman
“Fairy tales are more than true: not because they tell us that dragons exist, but because they tell us that dragons can be beaten."
7. "Mother Night" by Kurt Vonnegut
“We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be."
8."Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley
“But I don't want comfort. I want God, I want poetry, I want real danger, I want freedom, I want goodness. I want sin.”
9. "Wuthering Heights" by Emily Bronte
"Whatever our souls are made of, his and mine are the same."
10. "Rosencratz and Guildenstern are Dead" by Tom Stoppard
"We cross our bridges as we come to them and burn them behind us, with nothing to show for our progress except a memory of the smell of smoke, and the presumption that once our eyes watered."
11. "A Room of One's Own" by Virginia Woolf
"No need to hurry.No need to sparkle. No need to be anybody but oneself"
12. "Fahrenheit 451" by Ray Bradbury
“Don't ask for guarantees. And don't look to be saved in any one thing, person, machine, or library. Do your own bit of saving, and if you drown, at least die knowing you were heading for shore.”
