I don't hafta take his sass

Shoot all the blue jays you want, if you can hit 'em, but remember it's a sin to kill a mockingbird.

Some negroes lie, some are immoral, some negro men are not be trusted around women - black and white. But this is a truth that applies to the human race and to no particular race of men.

We’re so rarely called on to be Christians, but when we are, we’ve got men like Atticus to go for us.

Before Jem looks at anyone else he looks at me, and I’ve tried to live so I can look squarely back at him.

Mockingbirds don’t do one thing but make music for us to enjoy. They don’t eat up people’s gardens, don’t nest in corncribs, they don’t do one thing but sing their hearts out for us. That’s why it’s a sin to kill a mockingbird.

...but before I can live with other folks I've got to live with myself.