They're ugly, but those are the facts of life.

I'm little but I'm old.

I never expected any sort of success with 'Mockingbird'... I sort of hoped someone would like it enough to give me encouragement.

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

I was born good but had grown progressively worse every year. Scout

You see they could never, never understand that I live like I do because that's the way I want to live.

When a child asks you something, answer him, for goodness sake. But don't make a production of it. Children are children, but they can spot an evasion faster than adults, and evasion simply muddles 'em.