She knew full well the enormity of her offense, but because her desires were stronger than the code she was breaking, she persisted in breaking it.

Dill?" Mm?" Why do you reckon Boo Radleys never run off?" Dill sighed a long sigh and turned away from me. Maybe he doesn't have anywhere to run off to

Jen and I were accustomed to our father's last-will-and-testament diction, and were at times free to interrupt Atticus for a translation when it was beyond our understanding.

As a reader I loathe introductions...Introductions inhibit pleasure, they kill the joy of anticipation, they frustrate curiosity.

Atticus, he was real nice." "Most people are, Scout, when you finally see them.

Sometimes the Bible in the hands of one man is worse than a whiskey bottle in the hands of another.

Long ago, in a burst of friendliness, Aunty and Uncle Jimmy produced a son named Henry.