--- title: "3 Tom Robinson Quotes By Harper Lee To Kill A Mockingbird" description: "3 Tom Robinson quotes by Harper Lee To Kill A Mockingbird. Plus more from Harper Lee To Kill A Mockingbird and more Tom Robinson sayings from other auth..." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/592/harper-lee-to-kill-a-mockingbi_worship-god_i-never-thought-jem-d-be-the-one-to-lose_2431564.jpg" --- > [“I never thought Jem’d be the one to lose his head over this—thought I’d have more trouble with you.” I said I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harper-lee-to-kill-a-mockingbird/i-never-thought-jem-d-be-the-one-to-lose-his-head-over-this-thought-i/) Harper Lee To Kill A Mockingbird [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/592/harper-lee-to-kill-a-mockingbi_worship-god_i-never-thought-jem-d-be-the-one-to-lose_2431564.jpg) > [“As Tom Robinson gave his testimony, it came to me that Mayella Ewell must have been the loneliest person in the world.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harper-lee-to-kill-a-mockingbird/as-tom-robinson-gave-his-testimony-it-came-to-me-that-mayella-ewell/) Harper Lee To Kill A Mockingbird [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d55/harper-lee-to-kill-a-mockingbi_atticus_as-tom-robinson-gave-his-testimony-it-ca_2579186.jpg) > [“The witnesses for the state, with the exception of the sheriff of Maycomb County, have presented themselves to you gentlemen, to this…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harper-lee-to-kill-a-mockingbird/the-witnesses-for-the-state-with-the-exception-of-the-sheriff-of/) Harper Lee To Kill A Mockingbird [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5a9/harper-lee-to-kill-a-mockingbi_black-or-white_the-witnesses-for-the-state-with-the-exc_2725780.jpg) ## More by Harper Lee To Kill A Mockingbird > [“No code mattered to her before she broke it, but it came crashing down on her afterwards." - Atticus Finch”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harper-lee-to-kill-a-mockingbird/no-code-mattered-to-her-before-she-broke-it-but-it-came-crashing-down/) Harper Lee To Kill A Mockingbird > [“There was indeed a caste system in Maycomb, but to my mind it worked this way: the older citizens, the present generation of people…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harper-lee-to-kill-a-mockingbird/there-was-indeed-a-caste-system-in-maycomb-but-to-my-mind-it-worked/) Harper Lee To Kill A Mockingbird > [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harper-lee-to-kill-a-mockingbird/right-but-do-you-think-i-could-face-my-children-otherwise-you-know/) Harper Lee To Kill A Mockingbird > [“One more thing, gentlemen, before I quit. Thomas Jefferson once said that all men are created equal, a phrase that the Yankees and the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harper-lee-to-kill-a-mockingbird/one-more-thing-gentlemen-before-i-quit-thomas-jefferson-once-said/) Harper Lee To Kill A Mockingbird > [“I wanted you to see what real courage is, instead of getting the idea that courage is a man with a gun in his…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harper-lee-to-kill-a-mockingbird/i-wanted-you-to-see-what-real-courage-is-instead-of-getting-the-idea-3/) Harper Lee To Kill a Mockingbird > [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harper-lee-to-kill-a-mockingbird/i-ve-heard-that-lawyers-children-on-seeing-their-parents-in-court-in/) Harper Lee To Kill A Mockingbird > [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harper-lee-to-kill-a-mockingbird/the-thing-is-what-i-m-tryin-to-say-is-they-do-get-on-a-lot-better/) Harper Lee To Kill A Mockingbird > [“...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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harper-lee-to-kill-a-mockingbird/if-you-can-learn-a-simple-trick-scout-you-ll-get-along-a-lot-better/) Harper Lee To Kill a Mockingbird > [“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.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harper-lee-to-kill-a-mockingbird/i-wondered-if-anybody-had-ever-called-her-ma-am-or-miss-mayella-in/) Harper Lee To Kill A Mockingbird > [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harper-lee-to-kill-a-mockingbird/jem-he-said-are-you-responsible-for-this-yes-sir-why-d-you-do-it-jem/) Harper Lee To Kill A Mockingbird > [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harper-lee-to-kill-a-mockingbird/whoa-son-said-atticus-nobody-s-about-to-make-you-go-anywhere-but-to/) Harper Lee To Kill A Mockingbird > [“I have nothing but pity in my heart for the chief witness for the state, but my pity does not extend so far as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harper-lee-to-kill-a-mockingbird/i-have-nothing-but-pity-in-my-heart-for-the-chief-witness-for-the/) Harper Lee To Kill A Mockingbird > [“Well that ain’t so. You get babies from each other. But there’s this man, too—he has all these babies just waitin‘ to wake up,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harper-lee-to-kill-a-mockingbird/well-that-ain-t-so-you-get-babies-from-each-other-but-there-s-this/) Harper Lee To Kill A Mockingbird > [“But there is one way in this country in which all men are created equal—there is one human institution that makes a pauper the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harper-lee-to-kill-a-mockingbird/but-there-is-one-way-in-this-country-in-which-all-men-are-created-2/) Harper Lee To Kill A Mockingbird > [“I don't care what you do, so long as you do something," said Atticus. "You can't go around making caricatures of the neighbors." "Ain't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harper-lee-to-kill-a-mockingbird/i-don-t-care-what-you-do-so-long-as-you-do-something-said-atticus-you/) Harper Lee To Kill A Mockingbird ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/tom-robinson/harper-lee-to-kill-a-mockingbird/#itemlist", "name": "3 Tom Robinson Quotes By Harper Lee To Kill A Mockingbird", "numberOfItems": 3, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“I never thought Jem’d be the one to lose his head over this—thought I’d have more trouble with you.” I said I didn’t see why we had to keep our heads anyway, that nobody I knew at school had to keep his head about anything. “Scout,” said Atticus, “when summer comes you’ll have to keep your head about far worse things… it’s not fair for you and Jem, I know that, but sometimes we have to make the best of things, and the way we conduct ourselves when the chips are down—well, all I can say is, when you and Jem are grown, maybe you’ll look back on this with some compassion and some feeling that I didn’t let you down. 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