Why reasonable people go stark raving mad when anything involving a Negro comes up, is something I don't pretend to understand.

You can pet him, Mr. Arthur. He's asleep.

Cecil Jacobs is a big wet hen!

You can choose your friends but you sho' can't choose your family, an' they're still kin to you no matter whether you acknowledge 'em or not, and it makes you look right silly when you don't.

Atticus said that Jem was trying hard to forget something, but what he was really doing was storing it away for a while, until enough time passed. Then he would be able to think about it and sort things out. When he was able to think about it, Jem would be himself again.

There's a lot of ugly things in this world, son. I wish I could keep 'em all away from you. That's never possible.

It's better to be silent than to be a fool.