The Oxford Dictionary of Quotations Preface

God is love but get it in writing.
Attributed
12.53 Harper Lee 1926—
Shoot all the bluejays you want, if you can hit ’em, but remember it’s a sin to kill a
mockingbird.
‘To Kill a Mockingbird’ (1960) ch. 10
12.54 Henry Lee (‘Light-Horse Harry’) 1756-1818
A citizen, first in war, first in peace, and first in the hearts of his countrymen.
‘Resolutions Adopted by the Congress on the Death of Washington’, 19 December 1799; moved by John
Marshall and misquoted in his Life of Washington as ‘...first in the hearts of his fellow citizens.’
12.55 Laurie Lee 1914—
I was set down from the carrier’s cart at the age of three; and there with a sense of
bewilderment and terror my life in the village began.
‘Cider with Rosie’ (1959) p. 9
Such a morning it is when love
leans through geranium windows
and calls with a cockerel’s tongue.
When red-haired girls scamper like roses
over the rain-green grass,
and the sun drips honey.
‘Day of these Days’ (1947)
12.56 Nathaniel Lee c.1653-92
He speaks the kindest words, and looks such things, Vows with so much passion, swears with
so much grace. That ’tis a kind of heaven to be deluded by him.
‘The Rival Queens’ (1677) act 1
’Tis beauty calls and glory leads the way.
‘The Rival Queens’ (1677) act 1
Then he will talk, Good Gods, How he will talk.
‘The Rival Queens’ (1677) act 3
When Greeks joined Greeks, then was the tug of war!
‘The Rival Queens’ (1677) act 4, sc. 2
Philip fought men, but Alexander women.
‘The Rival Queens’ (1677) act 4, sc. 2
Man, false man, smiling, destructive man.
‘Theodosius’ (1680) act 3, sc. 2
12.57 Robert E. Lee 1807-70