Southern lawyers don't read novels much.

Sometimes the Bible in the hands of one man is worse than a whiskey bottle in the hands of another.

They've done it before and they'll do it again and when they do it -- seems that only the children weep. Good night.

If there's just one kind of folks, why can't they get along with each other? If they're all alike, why do they go out of their way to despise each other? Scout, I think I'm beginning to understand something. I think I'm beginning to understand why Boo Radley's stayed shut up in the house all this time. It's because he wants to stay inside.

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

You can choose your friends but you sho' can't choose your family, an' they're still kin to you no matter whether you acknowledge 'em or not, and it makes you look right silly when you don't.

Are you proud of yourself tonight that you have insulted a total stranger whose circumstances you know nothing about?