Mockingbirds donโt do one thing but make music for us to enjoy. They donโt eat up peopleโs gardens, donโt nest in corncribs, they donโt do one thing but sing their hearts out for us. Thatโs why itโs a sin to kill a mockingbird.
Harper LeeI think I'll be a clown when I get grown,' said Dill. Jem and I stopped in our tracks. Yes sir, a clown,' he said. 'There ain't one thing in this world I can do about folks except laugh, so I'm gonna join the circus and laugh my head off.' You got it backwards, Dill,' said Jem. 'Clowns are sad, it's folks that laugh at them.' Well I'm gonna be a new kind of clown. I'm gonna stand in the middle of the ring and laugh at the folks.
Harper Lee