Folks were doin' a lot of runnin' that night
This time we aren't fighting the Yankees, we're fighting our friends. But remember this, no matter how bitter things get, they're still our friends and this is still our home.
Characters make their own plot. The dimensions of the characters determine the action of the novel.
It's better to be silent than to be a fool.
Things are never as bad as they seem.
For the life of me, I did not understand how he[Atticus] could sit there in cold blood and read a newspaper when his only son stood an excellent chance of being murdered with a Confederate Army relic.