There's a lot of ugly things in this world, son. I wish I could keep 'em all away from you. That's never possible.

As you grow older, you'll see white men cheat black men every day of your life, but let me tell you something and don't you forget it - whenever a white man does that to a black man, no matter who he is, how rich he is, or how fine a family he comes from, he is trash.

He turned out the light and went into Jem's room. He would be there all night, and he would be there when Jem waked up in the morning.

I'm Charles Baker Harris...I can read

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

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

Everybody’s gotta learn, nobody’s born knowing.