As I made my way home, I thought Jem and I would get grown but there wasn't much else for us to learn, except possibly algebra.
Harper LeeI wanted you to see what real courage is, instead of getting the idea that courage is a man with a gun in his hand.
Harper LeeRest assured, as long as I am alive any book purporting to be with my cooperation is a falsehood.
Harper LeeI'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. Gentlemen, a court is no better than each man of you sitting before me on this jury. A court is only as sound as its jury, and a jury is only as sound as the men who make it up.
Harper Lee