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.

People are certainly entiteled to think that I’m wrong, and they are entiteled to full respect for their opinions. But before I can live with other folks I’ve got to live with myself. The only...

Maybe he doesn’t have anywhere to run off to…

Now you tell your father not to teach you any more. It’s best to begin reading with a fresh mind. You tell him I’ll take over from here and try to undo the damage–

As you grow older, you’ll see white men cheat black men every day of your life, but let me tell you something and don’t you forget it – whenever a white man does that to...

They’re certainly entitled to think that, and they’re entitled to full respect for their opinions… but before I can live with other folks I’ve got to live with myself. The one thing that doesn’t abide...

The way you tell it, it is.

We’re so rarely called on to be Christians, but when we are, we’ve got men like Atticus to go for us.

You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view… Until you climb inside of his skin and walk around in it.

Summer was on the way; Jem and I awaited it with impatience. Summer was our best season: it was sleeping on the back screened porch in cots, or trying to sleep in the tree house;...