You've really got to start hitting the books because it's no joke out here.

Ladies bathed before noon, after their three o'clock naps, and by nightfall were like soft teacakes with frostings of sweat and sweet talcum.

People generally see what they look for, and hear what they listen for.

I know now what he was trying to do, but Atticus was only a man. It takes a woman to do that kind of work.

Turtles don't feel, stupid," said Jem. "Were you ever a turtle, huh?

Writing is something you'll never learn in any university or at any school. It's something that is within you, and if it isn't there, nothing can put it there.

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