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

Nothin’s real scary except in books.

Next morning I awoke, looked out the window and nearly died of fright. My screams brought Atticus from his bathroom half-shaven. "The world's endin', Atticus! Please do something -!" I dragged him to the window and pointed. "No it's not," he said. "It's snowing.

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.

When you're at the top, there's only one way to go.

It's not necessary to tell all you know. It's not ladylike--in the second place, folks don't like to have somebody around knowin' more than they do.

Rest assured, as long as I am alive any book purporting to be with my cooperation is a falsehood.