A man can condemn his enemies, but it's wiser to know them.

In Maycomb, if one went for a walk with no definite purpose in mind, it was correct to believe one's mind incapable of definite purpose.

As I made my way home, I thought Jem and I would get grown but there wasn't much else for us to learn, except possibly algebra.

It was times like these when I thought my father, who hated guns and had never been to any wars, was the bravest man who ever lived.

They're ugly, but those are the facts of life.

It's not necessary to tell all you know.

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.