It’s never an insult to be called what somebody thinks is a bad name. It just shows you how poor that person is, it doesn’t hurt you.

There are just some kind of men…who’re so busy worrying about the next world they’ve never learned to live in this one.

Never, never, never on cross-examination ask a witness a question you don't already know the answer to, was a tenet I absorbed with my baby food. Do it, and you'll often get an answer you don't want.

Again, as I had often met it in my own church, I was confronted with the Impurity of Women doctrine that seemed to preoccupy all clergymen.

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.

Before Jem looks at anyone else he looks at me, and I’ve tried to live so I can look squarely back at him.

When stalking one’s prey, it is best to take one’s time. Say nothing, and as sure as eggs he will become curious and emerge.