Before Jem looks at anyone else he looks at me, and I’ve tried to live so I can look squarely back at him. Harper Lee More Quotes by Harper Lee More Quotes From Harper Lee It is all fiction, only autobiographical in the sense it is about a small town. None of the incidents in the book ever happened to me as a child. I didn't have an eventful childhood. Harper Lee child me childhood book My daddy had a pocket watch that he wore at all times in court. I gave Greg the watch and showed him how Daddy used to use it. Harper Lee how him court used