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.

I'm no idealist to believe firmly in the integrity of our courts and in the jury system - that is no ideal to me, it is a living, working reality.

Miss Jean Louise, stand up. Your father's passin'.

summer was our best season: it was sleeping on the back screeneed porch in cots, or trying to sleep in the treehouse; summer was everything good to eat;it was a thousand colors in a parched landscape.

As you grow up, always tell the truth, do no harm to others, and don't think you are the most important being on earth. Rich or poor, you then can look anyone in the eye and say, 'I'm probably no better than you, but I'm certainly your equal.

Prejudice, a dirty word, and faith, a clean one, have something in common: they both begin where reason ends.

Atticus had said it was the polite thing to talk to people about what they were interested in, not about what you were interested in.