I know now what he was trying to do, but Atticus was only a man. It takes a woman to do that… — Harper Lee Copy Share Image
“The only way in which all men in America are equal, is in the courtroom - Atticus” — Harper Lee Copy Share Image
“Then Mr. Underwood's meaning became clear: Atticus had used every tool available to free men to save Tom Robinson, but in the… — Harper Lee Copy Share Image
For the life of me, I did not understand how he[Atticus] could sit there in cold blood and read a newspaper when… — Harper Lee Copy Share Image
“Atticus says you can choose your friends but you sho' can't choose your family, an' they're still kin to you no matter… — Harper Lee Copy Share Image
“Atticus was right. One time he said you never really know a man until you stand in his shoes and walk around… — Harper Lee Copy Share Image
“I was proceeding on the dim theory, aside from the innate attractiveness of such words, that if Atticus discovered I had picked… — Harper Lee Copy Share Image
“Atticus was right. One time he said you never really know a man until you stand in his shoes and walk around… — Harper Lee Copy Share Image
“Why reasonable people go stark raving mad when anything involving a Negro comes up, is something I don't pretend to understand. ~Harper… — Harper Lee Copy Share Image
“I could not remember when the lines above Atticus’s moving finger separated into words, but I had stared at them all the… — Harper Lee Copy Share Image
There was nowhere to go, but I turned to go and met Atticus's vest front. I buried my head in it and… — Harper Lee Copy Share Image
Summer, and he watches his children's heart break. Autumn again and Boo's children needed him. Atticus was right. One time he said… — Harper Lee Copy Share Image
“Our mother died when I was two, so I never felt her absence. She was a Graham from Montgomery; Atticus met her… — Harper Lee Copy Share Image
“Atticus had urged them to accept the state's generosity in allowing them to plead Guilty to second-degree murder and escape with their… — Harper Lee Copy Share Image
“Atticus sat looking at the floor for a long time. Finally he raised his head. “Scout,” he said, “Mr. Ewell fell on… — Harper Lee Copy Share Image
“I wish Bob Ewell wouldn’t chew tobacco,” was all Atticus said about it. According to Miss Stephanie Crawford, however, Atticus was leaving… — Harper Lee Copy Share Image
“Courage is when you know you're licked before you begin but you begin anyway and you see it through no matter what.” — Harper Lee Copy Share Image
“But I never figured out how Atticus knew I was listening, and it was not until many years later that I realized… — Harper Lee Copy Share Image
“It was Miss Stephanie’s pleasure to tell us: this morning Mr. Bob Ewell stopped Atticus on the post office corner, spat in… — Harper Lee Copy Share Image
When I pointed to him his palms slipped slightly, leaving greasy sweat streaks on the wall, and he hooked his thumbs in… — Harper Lee Copy Share Image
“When the three of us came to her house, Atticus would sweep off his hat, wave gallantly to her and say, “Good… — Harper Lee Copy Share Image
“An' they chased him 'n' never could catch him 'cause they didn't know what he looked like, an' Atticus, when they finally… — Harper Lee Copy Share Image
“H-ey, Atticus!” I thought he would have a fine surprise, but his face killed my joy. A flash of plain fear was… — Harper Lee Copy Share Image
“What’s bothering you, son?” Jem came to the point: “Mr. Ewell.” “What has happened?” “Nothing’s happened. We’re scared for you, and we… — Harper Lee Copy Share Image
“Well, Atticus, I was just sayin’ to Mr. Cunningham that entailments are bad an’ all that, but you said not to worry,… — Harper Lee Copy Share Image
“A boy trudged down the sidewalk dragging a fishing pole behind him. A man stood waiting with his hands on his hips.… — Harper Lee Copy Share Image
“No jury in this part of the world's going to say, "We think you're guilty, but not very," on a charge like that. It… — Harper Lee Copy Share Image
That proves something- that a gang of wild animals can be stopped, simply because they're still human. — Harper Lee Copy Share Image
“I wanted you to see something about her—I wanted you to see what real courage is, instead of getting the idea that courage is… — Harper Lee Copy Share Image
Any writer worth his salt writes to please himself...It's a self-exploratory operation that is endless. An exorcism of not necessarily his demon, but of… — Harper Lee Copy Share Image
“folks don’t like to have somebody around knowin’ more than they do. It aggravates ’em. You’re not gonna change any of them by talkin’… — Harper Lee Copy Share Image
It’s never an insult to be called what somebody thinks is a bad name. It just shows you how poor that person is, it… — Harper Lee Copy Share Image
Writing is something you'll never learn in any university or at any school. It's something that is within you, and if it isn't there,… — Harper Lee Copy Share Image
“To begin with, this case should never have come to trial. The state has not produced one iota of medical evidence that the crime… — Harper Lee Copy Share Image
“Naw, Jem. I think that there is just one kind of folks. Folks." Jen turned and punched his pillow. WHen he settle back his… — Harper Lee Copy Share Image
“The course of English Literature would have been decidedly different had Mr. Wordsworth owned a power mower.” — Harper Lee Copy Share Image
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