It's not necessary to tell all you know. It's not ladylike -- in the second place, folks don't like to have someone around knowin' more than they do. It aggravates them. Your not gonna change any of them by talkin' right, they've got to want to learn themselves, and when they don't want to learn there's nothing you can do but keep your mouth shut or talk their language.

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

Hey, Mr. Cunningham. How's your entailment gettin' along?

I do much of my creative thinking while golfing. If people know you're working at home they think nothing of walking in for a cup of coffee, but wouldn't dream of interrupting on the golf course.

We're paying the highest tribute you can pay a man. We trust him to do right. It's that simple.

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.

Some negroes lie, some are immoral, some negro men are not be trusted around women - black and white. But this is a truth that applies to the human race and to no particular race of men.