There are some men in this world who are born to do our unpleasant jobs for us. Your father's one of them.
When he was nearly thirteen, my brother Jem got his arm badly broken at the elbow.
People in their right minds never take pride in their talents.
The one thing that doesn't abide by majority rule is a person's conscience.
Again, as I had often met it in my own church, I was confronted with the Impurity of Women doctrine that seemed to preoccupy all clergymen.
Don’t talk like that, Dill,” said Aunt Alexandra. “It’s not becoming to a child. It’s – cynical.” “I ain’t cynical, Miss Alexandra. Tellin’ the truth’s not cynical, is it?” “The way you tell it, it is.