“Miss Maudie’s hand closed tightly on mine, and I said nothing. Its warmth was enough.” — Harper Lee Copy Share Image
“Don't you oh well me,sir," Miss Maudie replied, recognizing Jem's fatalistic noises, "you are not old enough to appreciate what I said.” — Harper Lee Copy Share Image
“We're the safest folks in the world," said Miss Maudie. "We're so rarely called on to be Christians, but when we are,… — Harper Lee Copy Share Image
“Atticus said to Jem one day, "I’d rather you shot at tin cans in the backyard, but I know you’ll go after… — Harper Lee Copy Share Image
“You think about that,” Miss Maudie was saying. “It was no accident. I was sittin‘ there on the porch last night, waiting.… — Harper Lee Copy Share Image
“The handful of people in this town who say that fair is not marked White Only; the handful of people who say… — Harper Lee Copy Share Image
“When Atticus came home to dinner he found me crouched down aiming across the street. "What are you shooting at?" "Miss Maudie's… — Harper Lee Copy Share Image
“Shoot all the bluejays you want, if you can hit ’em, but remember it’s a sin to kill a mockingbird.” That was… — Harper Lee Copy Share Image
“Daylight...In my mind, the night faded. It was daytime and the neighborhood was busy. Miss Stephenie Crawford crossed the street to tell… — Harper Lee Copy Share Image
“I simply want to tell you that there are some men in this world who were born to do our unpleasant jobs… — 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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