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- I was a first-time writer, so I did as I was told. I hadn’t realized it (the original book) had survived, so was surprised and…
- Best way to clear the air is to have it all out in the open.
- 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…
- 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…
- 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…
- 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…
- Bad language is a stage all children go through, and it dies with time when they learn they're not attracting attention with it.
- Yeah, that's all," said Dill. "He'll probably come out after you when he sees you in the yard, then Scout'n' me'll jump on him and…
- 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…
- 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…
- 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…
- One must lie under certain circumstances and at all times when one can't do anything about them.
- 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…
- ...in other words, all I want to be is the Jane Austen of south Alabama Interview - March 1964
- If this thing's hushed up it'll be a simple denial to Jem of the way I've tried to raise him. Sometimes I think I'm a…
- Shoot all the blue jays you want, if you can hit 'em, but remember it's a sin to kill a mockingbird.
- I remember when my daddy gave me that gun. He told me that I should never point it at anything in the house; and that…
- There's a lot of ugly things in this world, son. I wish I could keep 'em all away from you. That's never possible.
- It's not necessary to tell all you know.
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- Total loyalty is possible only when fidelity is emptied of all concrete content, from which changes of mind might naturally arise. — Hannah Arendt
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- We must all make peace so that we can all live in peace. — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
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- Wise people, even though all laws were abolished, would still lead the same life. — Aristophanes
- A friend to all is a friend to none. — Aristotle