“Atticus said that Jem was trying hard to forget something, but what he was really doing was storing it away for a while, until enough time passed. Then he would be able to think about it and sort things out. When he was able to think about it, Jem would be himself again.”

— Harper Lee , book To Kill a Mockingbird

To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)

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American author 1926–2016

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