Jen and I were accustomed to our father's last-will-and-testament diction, and were at times free to interrupt Atticus for a translation when… — 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
“One time I asked her to have a chew and she said no thanks, that - chewing gum cleaved to her palate… — Harper Lee Copy Share Image
“Jem, naturally, was Boo: he went under the front steps and shrieked and howled from time to time.” — Harper Lee Copy Share Image
“if we followed our feelings all the time we’d be like cats chasin’ their tails.” — Harper Lee Copy Share Image
My daddy had a pocket watch that he wore at all times in court. I gave Greg the watch and showed him… — Harper Lee Copy Share Image
One must lie under certain circumstances and at all times when one can't do anything about them. — Harper Lee Copy Share Image
This time we aren't fighting the Yankees, we're fighting our friends. But remember this, no matter how bitter things get, they're still… — 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
“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
“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
“If we followed our feelings all the time we´d be like cats chasin´ their tails.” — Harper Lee Copy Share Image
“I said I would like it very much, which was a lie, but one must lie under certain circumstances and at all… — 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
Atticus said that Jem was trying hard to forget something, but what he was really doing was storing it away for a… — Harper Lee Copy Share Image
“You said, in effect, ‘I don’t like the way these people do, so I have no time for them.’ You’d better take… — Harper Lee Copy Share Image
“When it was time to play Boo's big scene, Jem would sneak into the house, steal the scissors from the sewingmachine drawer… — Harper Lee Copy Share Image
“I must have slept a long time, for when I was punched awake the room was dim with the light of the… — Harper Lee Copy Share Image
It was times like these when I thought my father, who hated guns and had never been to any wars, was the… — 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
Bad language is a stage all children go through, and it dies with time when they learn they're not attracting attention with… — Harper Lee Copy Share Image
I have no time to think about other writers. I am too busy with my own problems. — 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
