You can't really get to know a person until you get in their shoes and walk around in them.
Harper LeeLadies in bunches always filled me with vague apprehension and a firm desire to be elsewhere.
Harper LeeIt's not necessary to tell all you know. It's not ladylike--in the second place, folks don't like to have somebody around knowin' more than they do.
Harper LeeShoot all the blue jays you want, if you can hit 'em, but remember it's a sin to kill a mockingbird.
Harper LeeMaycomb was a tired old town, even in 1932 when I first knew it. Somehow, it was hotter then. Men's stiff collars wilted by nine in the morning. Ladies bathed before noon after their three o'clock naps, and by nightfall were like soft teacakes with frosting from sweating and sweet talcum. The day was twenty-four hours long, but it seemed longer. There's no hurry, for there's nowhere to go and nothing to buy... and no money to buy it with.
Harper Lee