Ladies bathed before noon, after their three o'clock naps, and by nightfall were like soft teacakes with frostings of sweat and sweet talcum.

I'm gonna be a new kind of clown. I'm gonna stand in the middle of the ring and laugh at the folks.

When he was nearly thirteen, my brother Jem got his arm badly broken at the elbow.

That boy is your company. And if he wants to eat up that tablecloth, you let him, you hear?

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

Atticus said naming people after Confederate generals made slow steady drinkers.

As you grow up, always tell the truth, do no harm to others, and don't think you are the most important being on earth. Rich or poor, you then can look anyone in the eye and say, 'I'm probably no better than you, but I'm certainly your equal.