I wanted you to see what real courage is, instead of getting the idea that courage is a man with a gun in his hand.

About your writing with you left hand, are you ambidextrous, Mr. Ewell?" "I most positively am not, I can use one hand good as the other. One hand good as the other.

I don't hafta take his sass

Jen and I were accustomed to our father's last-will-and-testament diction, and were at times free to interrupt Atticus for a translation when it was beyond our understanding.

Bad language is a stage all children go through, and it dies with time when they learn they're not attracting attention with it.

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

She seemed glad to see me when I appeared in the kitchen, and by watching her I began to think there was some skill involved in being a girl.