“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… — 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
