I wonder how much of the day I spend just callin' after you.

I don't want to hear any words like that while I'm here. Scout, you'll get in trouble if you go around saying things like that. You want to grow up to be a lady, don't you?' I said not particularly.

You can't really get to know a person until you get in their shoes and walk around in them.

Mockingbirds don’t do one thing but make music for us to enjoy. They don’t eat up people’s gardens, don’t nest in corncribs, they don’t do one thing but sing their hearts out for us. That’s why it’s a sin to kill a mockingbird.

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.

Try fighting with your head for a change... it's a good one, even if it does resist learning.

He turned out the light and went into Jem's room. He would be there all night, and he would be there when Jem waked up in the morning.