“Jem also told me that if I breathed a word to Atticus, if in any way I let Atticus know I knew,… — Harper Lee Copy Share Image
“Summer was on the way; Jem and I awaited it with impatience. Summer was our best season: it was sleeping on the… — Harper Lee Copy Share Image
“Nobody knew what form of intimidation Mr. Radley employed to keep Boo out of sight, but Jem figured that Mr. Radley kept… — Harper Lee Copy Share Image
Scout, I´m telling you for the last time, shut your trap or go home - I declare to the Lord you´re gettin´… — 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
“First of all," he said, "if you can learn a simple trick, Scout, you'll get along a lot better with all kinds… — Harper Lee Copy Share Image
“I found myself wondering what life would be if Jem were different, even from what he was now; what I would do… — Harper Lee Copy Share Image
When they finally saw him, why he hadn't done any of those things . . . Atticus, he was real nice. .… — Harper Lee Copy Share Image
“Well, in the first place, you stopped to gimme a chance to tell you my side of it- you just lit right… — 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
“The sixth grade seemed to please him from the beginning: he went through a brief Egyptian Period that baffled me - he… — Harper Lee Copy Share Image
“on what we heard—” “Now don’t you be so confident, Mr. Jem, I ain’t ever seen any jury decide in favor of… — Harper Lee Copy Share Image
“Heck, can’t you even try to see it my way? You’ve got children of your own, but I’m older than you. When… — 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
“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
“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
“Naw, Jem. I think that there is just one kind of folks. Folks." Jen turned and punched his pillow. WHen he settle… — 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
“I was too surprised to cry. I crept from Jem’s room and shut the door softly, lest undue noise set him off… — 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
“No, everybody’s gotta learn, nobody’s born knowin’. That Walter’s as smart as he can be, he just gets held back sometimes because… — Harper Lee Copy Share Image
“Scout," said Atticus, "When summer comes you'll you'll have to keep your head about far worse things…it's not fair for you and… — 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
“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
That proves something- that a gang of wild animals can be stopped, simply because they're still human. — Harper Lee Copy Share
“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
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
“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
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
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
“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
“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
“The course of English Literature would have been decidedly different had Mr. Wordsworth owned a power mower.” — Harper Lee Copy Share
I would like to be the chronicler of something that I think is going down the drain very swiftly, and that is small-town, middle-class… — Harper Lee Copy Share
“The gum looked fresh. I sniffed it and it smelled all right. I licked it and waited for a while. When I did not… — Harper Lee Copy Share
I just thought you'd like to know I can read. You got anything needs readin' I can do it. — Harper Lee Copy Share
