Atticus, he was real nice." "Most people are, Scout, when you finally see them.
Any writer worth his salt writes to please himself.
It'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.
When he was nearly thirteen, my brother Jem got his arm badly broken at the elbow.
When a child asks you something, answer him, for goodness' sake.
Scout, I´m telling you for the last time, shut your trap or go home - I declare to the Lord you´re gettin´ more like a girl every day!” With that, I had no option but to join them.