"When they finally saw him, why he hadn't done any of those things... Atticus, he was real nice..." His hands were under my chin, pulling up the cover, tucking it around me. "Most people are, Scout, when you finally see them."

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.

Bad language is a stage all children go through, and it dies with time when they learn they're not attracting attention with it.

When a child asks you something, answer him, for goodness' sake.

But sometimes we have to make the best of things, and the way we conduct ourselves when the chips are down.

Folks were doin' a lot of runnin' that night

Things are always better in the morning.