48 Quotes About To-kill-a-mockingbird

We saw Uncle Jack every Christmas, and every Christmas he yelled across the street for Miss Maudie to come marry him. Miss Mauide would yell back, "Call a little louder, Jack Finch, and they'll hear you the post office, I haven't heard you yet!" Jem and I thought this a strange way to ask for a lady's hand in marriage, but then again Uncle Jack was rather strange.

You rarely win, but sometimes you do.

There was nowhere to go, but I turned to go and met Atticus's vest front. I buried my head in it and listened to the small internal noises that went on behind the light blue cloth: his watch ticking, the faint crackle of his starched shirt, the soft sound of his breathing.'Your stomach's growling,' I said.'I know it,' he said.

Dill was in hearty agreement with this plan of action. Dill was becoming something of a trail anyways, following Jem about... He only grew closer to Jem. (Lee 55)

Don't matter who they are, anybody sets foot in this house's yo' comp'ny, and don't you let me catch you remarkin' on their ways like you was so high and and mighty! Yo' folks might be better'n the Cunninghams but it don't count for nothin' the way you're disgracin' 'em.

(Brin) 'How good is your lawyer, on a scale of Atticus Finch to Franklin and Bash?

That Walter's as smart as he can be, he just gets held back sometimes because he has to stay out and help his daddy. Nothin's wrong with him. Naw, Jem, I think there's just one kind of folks. Folks.

But in the book," I say, "the mockingbird is supposed to be a symbol of innocence. That's why it's a sin to kill one.""Who says it's a symbol of innocence?" asks Mort."Teachers," I tell him. "Book reviewers, critics --""Wikipedia," Elena calls from behind the window display.

Were you so scared that she'd hurt you, you ran, a big buck like you?""No suh, I's scared I'd be in court, just like I am now.""Scared of arrest, scared you'd have to face up to what you did?""No suh, scared I'd hafta face up to what I didn't do.