Quote by Harper Lee

“Heck, can’t you even try to see it my way? You’ve got children of your own, but I’m older than you. When mine are…

— Harper Lee

“Jem: Come in. Jace: Where's Brother Zachariah? Jem: I'm right here. Jace Herondale. And once more a Herondale is the object of my deliverance.…

— Cassandra Clare

“Technically he is old enough to be her father; but then, technically one can be a father at twelve.”

— J.M. Coetzee

See there?" Jem was scowling triumphantly. "Nothin' to it. I swear, Scout, sometimes you act so much like a girl its mortifyin

— Harper Lee

“And although we'd sworn we'd never become like them, that was exactly what was happening. We weren't even fifteen yet. Thirteen, fourteen, adult, dead.”

— Janne Teller

“I'm seventeen now, and sometimes I act like I'm about thirteen”

— J.D. Salinger

“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…

— Harper Lee To Kill A Mockingbird

“I was too surprised to cry. I crept from Jem’s room and shut the door softly, lest undue noise set him off again. Suddenly…

— Harper Lee

“Well, in the first place, you stopped to gimme a chance to tell you my side of it- you just lit right into me.…

— Harper Lee

“I lay on my stomach, reached down and poked him. He rolled up. Then, feeling safe, I suppose, he slowly unrolled. He travelled a…

— Harper Lee

“What’s bothering you, son?” Jem came to the point: “Mr. Ewell.” “What has happened?” “Nothing’s happened. We’re scared for you, and we think you…

— Harper Lee

“Mr. Cope...' Povy began. Jem narrowed his eyes. 'The lad has a remarkably innocent face.' 'Innocence is a time of life, not an irrevocable…

— Eloisa James