All Harper Lee Quotes
- When he was nearly thirteen, my brother Jem got his arm badly broken at the elbow. Arm
- Atticus told me to delete the adjectives and I'd have the facts. Adjectives
- It's not time to worry yet Funny
- He turned out the light and went into Jem's room. He would be there all night, and he would be there when Jem waked up… All
- Dill said striking a match under a turtle was hateful. “How do you know a match don't hurt him?” “Turtles can't feel, stupid,” said Jem.… Dill
- Scout, I´m telling you for the last time, shut your trap or go home - I declare to the Lord you´re gettin´ more like a… Day
- There are some men in this world who are born to do our unpleasant jobs for us. Your father's one of them. Born
- That boy is your company. And if he wants to eat up that tablecloth, you let him, you hear? Boy
- You can pet him, Mr. Arthur. He's asleep... Arthur
- It's not necessary to tell all you know. It's not ladylike -- in the second place, folks don't like to have someone around knowin' more… Aggravates
- They've done it before and they'll do it again and when they do it -- seems that only the children weep. Good night. Children
- She seemed glad to see me when I appeared in the kitchen, and by watching her I began to think there was some skill involved… Appeared
- See there?" Jem was scowling triumphantly. "Nothin' to it. I swear, Scout, sometimes you act so much like a girl its mortifyin Act
- Sometimes the Bible in the hand of one man is worse than a whisky bottle in the hand of (another)... There are just some kind… Bible
- Simply because we were licked a hundred years before we started is no reason for us not to try to win. Hundred
- I'm Charles Baker Harris...I can read Baker
- I didn't know how you were going to do it, but from now on I'll never worry about what'll become of you, son, you'll always… From
- Try fighting with your head for a change... it's a good one, even if it does resist learning. Change
- I say guilt, gentlemen, because it was guilt that motivated her. She has committed no crime, she has merely broken a rigid and time-honored code… Broken
- I try to give'em a reason, you see. It helps folks if they can latch onto a reason. Ems
- People generally see what they look for, and hear what they listen for. Hear
- There is one way in this country in which all men are created equal—there is one human institution that makes a pauper the equal of… All
- Maycomb was a tired old town, even in 1932 when I first knew it. Somehow, it was hotter then. Men's stiff collars wilted by nine… Bathed
- Neighbors bring food with death and flowers with sickness and little things in between. Boo was our neighbor. He gave us two soap dolls, a… Boo
- If there's just one kind of folks, why can't they get along with each other? If they're all alike, why do they go out of… Alike