All Harper Lee Quotes
- Dill if you don't hush I'll knock you bowlegged. Bowlegged
- We said good-bye, and Dill went inside the house. He evidently remembered he was engaged to me, for he ran back out and kissed me… Bawled
- Mr. Avery said it was written on the Rosetta Stone that when children disobeyed their parents, smoked cigarettes and made war on each other, the… Aberration
- Next morning I awoke, looked out the window and nearly died of fright. My screams brought Atticus from his bathroom half-shaven. "The world's endin', Atticus!… Atticus
- Calpurnia evidently remembered a rainy Sunday when we were both fatherless and teacherless. Let to its own devices, the class tied Eunice Ann Simpson to… Any
- I could think of nothing else to say to her. In fact I could never think of anything to say to her, and I sat… All
- Now...in an abundant society where people have laptops, cell phones, ipods and minds like empty rooms, I still plod along with books. Abundant
- She knew full well the enormity of her offense, but because her desires were stronger than the code she was breaking, she persisted in breaking… Breaking
- 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 it was beyond… Accustomed
- Again, as I had often met it in my own church, I was confronted with the Impurity of Women doctrine that seemed to preoccupy all… All
- It's not necessary to tell all you know. It's not ladylike--in the second place, folks don't like to have somebody around knowin' more than they… All
- One must lie under certain circumstances and at all times when one can't do anything about them. Acceptance
- A mob's always made up of people, no matter what. Mr. Cunningham was part of a mob last night, but he was still a man.… Always Made
- I know now what he was trying to do, but Atticus was only a man. It takes a woman to do that kind of work. Atticus
- When stalking one’s prey, it is best to take one’s time. Say nothing, and as sure as eggs he will become curious and emerge. Become Curious
- When a child asks you something, answer him, for goodness’ sake. But don’t make a production of it. Children are children, but they can spot… Adults
- Whatever she says to you, it’s your job not to let her make you mad. Anger
- Havin' a gun around's an invitation to somebody to shoot you. Gun
- For the life of me, I did not understand how he[Atticus] could sit there in cold blood and read a newspaper when his only son… Army
- ...in other words, all I want to be is the Jane Austen of south Alabama Interview - March 1964 Alabama
- Cecil Jacobs is a big wet hen! Big
- About your writing with you left hand, are you ambidextrous, Mr. Ewell?" "I most positively am not, I can use one hand good as the… Ambidextrous
- Folks were doin' a lot of runnin' that night Doin
- Turtles don't feel, stupid," said Jem. "Were you ever a turtle, huh? Feel
- Some negroes lie, some are immoral, some negro men are not be trusted around women - black and white. But this is a truth that… Applies