Bad language is a stage all children go through, and it dies with time when they learn they're not attracting attention with it.

When you're at the top, there's only one way to go.

We said good-bye, and Dill went inside the house. He evidently remembered he was engaged to me, for he ran back out and kissed me swiftly in front of Jem. "Yawl write, hear?" he bawled after us.

They're ugly, but those are the facts of life.

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

When a child asks you something, answer him, for goodness’ sake. But don’t make a production of it. Children are children, but they can spot an evasion quicker than adults, and evasion simply muddles ‘em. No... you had the right answer this afternoon, but the wrong reasons. Bad language is a stage all children go through, and it dies with time when they learn they’re not attracting attention with it. Hotheadedness isn’t.

You can pet him, Mr. Arthur. He's asleep.