“Jem,” he said, “are you responsible for this?” “Yes sir.” “Why’d you do it?” Jem said softly, “She said you lawed for niggers and trash.” “You did this because she said that?” Jem’s lips moved, but his, “Yes sir,” was… — Harper Lee To Kill A Mockingbird Copy Share Image
“No code mattered to her before she broke it, but it came crashing down on her afterwards." - Atticus Finch” — Harper Lee To Kill A Mockingbird Copy Share
“There was indeed a caste system in Maycomb, but to my mind it worked this way: the older citizens, the present generation of people who had lived side by side for years and years, were utterly predictable to one another: they took for granted attitudes, character shadings, even gestures, as having been repeated in each generation and refined by time.… — Harper Lee To Kill A Mockingbird Copy Share
“Right. But do you think I could face my children otherwise? You know what's going to happen as well as I do, Jack, and I hope and pray I can get Jem and Scout through it without bitterness, and most of all, without catching Maycomb's usual disease. Why reasonable people go stark raving mad when anything involving a Negro comes… — Harper Lee To Kill A Mockingbird Copy Share
“One more thing, gentlemen, before I quit. Thomas Jefferson once said that all men are created equal, a phrase that the Yankees and the distaff side of the Executive branch in Washington are fond of hurling at us. There is a tendency in this year of grace, 1935, for certain people to use this phrase out of context, to satisfy… — Harper Lee To Kill A Mockingbird Copy Share
“I wanted you to see what real courage is, instead of getting the idea that courage is a man with a gun in his… — Harper Lee To Kill a Mockingbird Copy Share Image
“I’ve heard that lawyers’ children, on seeing their parents in court in the heat of argument, get the wrong idea: they think opposing counsel… — Harper Lee To Kill A Mockingbird Copy Share Image
“The thing is, what I’m tryin‘ to say is— they do get on a lot better without me, I can’t help them any. They… — Harper Lee To Kill A Mockingbird Copy Share Image
“...if you can learn a simple trick, Scout, you’ll get along a lot better with all kinds of folks. You never really understand a… — Harper Lee To Kill a Mockingbird Copy Share Image
“I wondered if anybody had ever called her “ma’am,” or “Miss Mayella” in her life; probably not, as she took offense to routine courtesy.… — Harper Lee To Kill A Mockingbird Copy Share Image
“Jem,” he said, “are you responsible for this?” “Yes sir.” “Why’d you do it?” Jem said softly, “She said you lawed for niggers and… — Harper Lee To Kill A Mockingbird Copy Share Image
“Whoa, son,” said Atticus. “Nobody’s about to make you go anywhere but to bed pretty soon. I’m just going over to tell Miss Rachel… — Harper Lee To Kill A Mockingbird Copy Share Image
“I have nothing but pity in my heart for the chief witness for the state, but my pity does not extend so far as… — Harper Lee To Kill A Mockingbird Copy Share Image
