Atticus Quotes

33 quotes by 7 authors

I cannot find a faithful message-bearer," he wrote to his friend, the scholar Atticus. "How few are they who are able to carry a rather… — Marcus Tullius Cicero
Atticus Lish is a true original and this is a tremendous book, relentless, moving, written in prose of marvelous integrity. Now that America and the… — Sam Lipsyte
Atticus, he was real nice." "Most people are, Scout, when you finally see them. — Harper Lee
Summer, and he watches his children's heart break. Autumn again and Boo's children needed him. Atticus was right. One time he said you never really… — Harper Lee
Atticus told me to delete the adjectives and I'd have the facts. — Harper Lee
Atticus said naming people after Confederate generals made slow steady drinkers. — Harper Lee
When I pointed to him his palms slipped slightly, leaving greasy sweat streaks on the wall, and he hooked his thumbs in his belt. A… — Harper Lee
You just hold your head high and keep those fists down. No matter what anybody says to you, don't you let 'em get your goat.… — Harper Lee
Atticus said that Jem was trying hard to forget something, but what he was really doing was storing it away for a while, until enough… — Harper Lee
So it took an eight-year-old child to bring 'em to their senses.... That proves something - that a gang of wild animals can be stopped,… — Harper Lee
I don't say anything and he casually leans against my desk, picking up the novel that's sitting there. "It's bullshit," he tells me, flicking through… — Melina Marchetta
hold your head high and keep those fists down - Atticus Finch — Harper Lee
When they finally saw him, why he hadn't done any of those things . . . Atticus, he was real nice. . . .â€ His… — Harper Lee
Atticus had said it was the polite thing to talk to people about what they were interested in, not about what you were interested in. — Harper Lee
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!… — Harper Lee
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… — Harper Lee
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. — Harper Lee
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… — Harper Lee
I shall never marry, Atticus." "Why?" "I might have children. — Harper Lee
Oh. Oberon looked at me. I know that has to make you sad. But call to me instead, Atticus. I'll always answer. Your fly has… — Kevin Hearne

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