You never really understand a person until you consider things from…

You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view... Until you climb into his skin and walk around in it.

Harper Lee

To Kill a Mockingbird · 1960

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Lee, Harper. To Kill a Mockingbird. J. B. Lippincott & Co., 1960, ch. 3.

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