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

She was born in the Objective case.

Being Southerners, it was a source of shame to some members of the family that we had no recorded ancestors on either side of the Battle of Hastings.

I'm gonna be a new kind of clown. I'm gonna stand in the middle of the ring and laugh at the folks.

Don't you study about other folks's business till you take care of your own.

See there?" Jem was scowling triumphantly. "Nothin' to it. I swear, Scout, sometimes you act so much like a girl its mortifyin

Best way to clear the air is to have it all out in the open.