Everybody’s gotta learn, nobody’s born knowing.

Sometimes it’s better to bend the law a little in special cases.

One must lie under certain circumstances and at all times when one can't do anything about them.

I'm little but I'm old.

Atticus said that Jem was trying hard to forget something, but what he was really doing was storing it away for a while, until enough time passed. Then he would be able to think about it and sort things out. When he was able to think about it, Jem would be himself again.

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

There's just some kind of men you have to shoot before you can say hidy to 'em. Even then, they ain't worth the bullet it takes to shoot 'em.