When a child asks you something, answer him, for goodness' sake.

I have said what I wanted to say and I will not say it again.

There's just some kind of men you have to shoot before you can say hidy to 'em. Even then, they ain't worth the bullet it takes to shoot 'em.

You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view.

You've really got to start hitting the books because it's no joke out here.

"When they finally saw him, why he hadn't done any of those things... Atticus, he was real nice..." His hands were under my chin, pulling up the cover, tucking it around me. "Most people are, Scout, when you finally see them."

Folks were doin' a lot of runnin' that night