The timeless lines of To Kill a Mockingbird

More than 50 years after Harper Lee wrote her novel, these quotes still hold true today.

Nelle Harper Lee passed away at the age of 89 on Feb. 19. She published her novel To Kill a Mockingbird — a work of art that defined 20th-century literature — at a pivotal time for America. More than 50 years since readers turned those first pages, the lessons from her novel still hold true today.The most memorable passages of Lee's work, set in the deep South and published at the start of the civil rights movement, are timeless and read as though she could have penned them just days ago.

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