Characters make their own plot. The dimensions of the characters determine the action of the novel.

You rarely win, but sometimes you do.

It's not time to worry yet

Don’t talk like that, Dill,” said Aunt Alexandra. “It’s not becoming to a child. It’s – cynical.” “I ain’t cynical, Miss Alexandra. Tellin’ the truth’s not cynical, is it?” “The way you tell it, it is.

I don't hafta take his sass

Atticus told me to delete the adjectives and I'd have the facts.

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