02UndatedOur mother died when I was two, so I never felt her absence. She was a Graham from Montgomery; Atticus met her when he was first elected to the state legislature. He was middle-aged then, she was fifteen years his junior. Jem was the product of their first year of marriage; four years later I was born, and two years later our mother died from a sudden heart attack. They said it ran in her family. I did not miss her, but I think Jem did. He remembered her clearly, and sometimes in the middle of a game he would sigh at length, then go off and play by himself behind the car-house. When he was like that, I knew better than to bother him.Harper Lee / quote ↗
03UndatedWe know all men are not created equal in the sense some people would have us believe. Some people are smarter than others, some people have more opportunity because they’re born with it, some men make more money than others, some ladies make better cupcakes than others; some are born gifted beyond the normal scope of most men.Harper Lee / quote ↗
04UndatedAs sure as time, history is repeating itself, and as sure as man is man, history is the last place he'll look for his lessons.Harper Lee / quote ↗
05UndatedAre you proud of yourself tonight that you have insulted a total stranger whose circumstances you know nothing about?Harper Lee / quote ↗
06UndatedIf he’s not he should be by now. The things that happen to people we never really know. What happens in houses behind closed doors, what secrets—Harper Lee / quote ↗
08UndatedShe seemed glad to see me when I appeared in the kitchen, and by watching her I began to think there was some skill involved in being a girl.Harper Lee / quote ↗
09UndatedI would advise anyone who aspires to a writing career that before developing his talent he would be wise to develop a thickHarper Lee / quote ↗
12UndatedIt was a place where, if troubles did not vanish, they were made bearable.Harper Lee / quote ↗
13UndatedAtticus, you must be wrong." "How's that?" "Well, most folks seem to think they're right and you're wrong. . ." "They're certainly entitled to think that, and they're entitled to full respect for their opinions," said Atticus, "but before I can live with other folks I've got to live with myself. The one thing that doesn't abide by majority rule is a person's conscience.Harper Lee / quote ↗
14UndatedI do wish this time you'd try to dress better while you're home. Folks in town get the wrong impression of you. They think you are--ah--slumming.Harper Lee / quote ↗
15UndatedDill said striking a match under a turtle was hateful."Ain't hateful, just persuades him- 's not like you'd chunk him in the fire," Jem growled."How do you know a match don't hurt him?""Turtles can't feel , stupid," said Jem."Were you ever a turtle, huh?Harper Lee / quote ↗
16UndatedWhen Henry handed her a cup of punch she whispered, "If you want to go on with the seniors or anything I'll be alright."Henry smiled at her. "You're my date, Scout.Harper Lee / quote ↗
17UndatedWe 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.Harper Lee / quote ↗
18UndatedThe one place where a man ought to get a square deal is in a court-room, be heany colour of the rainbow, but people have way to carrying their resentments right into a jury box.Harper Lee / quote ↗
19UndatedThe one place where a man ought to get a square deal is in a court-room, be he any colour of the rainbow, but people have way of carrying their resentments right into a jury box.Harper Lee / quote ↗
20Undated(...) when a man's looking down the double barrel of a shotgun, he picks up the first weapon he can find to defend himself, be it a stone or a stick of stove wood or a citizens' council.Harper Lee / quote ↗
24UndatedI wanted you see what real courage is, instead of getting the idea that courage is a man with a gun in his hand.Harper Lee / quote ↗
