Atticus told me to delete the adjectives and I'd have the facts.

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.

You just hold your head high and keep those fists down. No matter what anybody says to you, don't you let 'em get your goat. Try fighting with your head for a change...

Folks were doin' a lot of runnin' that night

If this thing's hushed up it'll be a simple denial to Jem of the way I've tried to raise him. Sometimes I think I'm a total failure as a parent, but I'm all they've got. Before Jem looks at anyone else he looks at me, and I've tried to live so I can look squarely back at him.. if I connived at something like this, frankly I couldn't meet his eye, and the day I can't do that I'll know I've lost him. I don't want to lose him and Scout, because they're all I've got.

That boy is your company. And if he wants to eat up that tablecloth, you let him, you hear?

Before Jem looks at anyone else he looks at me, and I’ve tried to live so I can look squarely back at him.