Quotes from Harper Lee

Alexandra had been married for thirty-three years; if it had made any impression on her one way or another, she never showed it.

Bazen bir adam?n elindeki ?ncil, baban?n elindeki viski ?i?esinden daha tehlikeli olabilir.

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

the one thing that doesn't abide by majority rule

You just hold your head high and keep those fists down

In their own way, Tom Robinson's manners were as good as Atticus's

Never ask a witness a question when you don't already know the answer

I do wish this time you'd try to dress better while you're home. Folks in town get the wrong impression of you. They think you are--ah--slumming.

Cry about the simple hell people give other people - without even thinking. Cry about the hell white people give coloured folks, without even stopping to think they're people, too

Rose Aylmer was Uncle Jack's cat. She was a beautiful yellow female Uncle Jack said was one of the few women he could stand permanently.

The one thing that doesn't abide by majority rule is a person's conscience. ~ Atticus Finch (To Kill A Mockingbird)

Shoot all the bluejays you want, if you can hit 'em, but remember, it is a sin to kill a mockingbird.

I guess Tom was tired of white men's chances, and preferred to take his own.

Courage is when you know you're licked before you begin anyway and you see it through no matter what.

Line for line, voices followed in simple harmony until the hymn ended in a melancholy murmur.

It was not always like this, I swear it wasn't. People used to trust each other for some reason, I've forgotten why. They didn't watch each other like hawks then.

There are just some kind of men who - who're so busy worrying about the next world they've never learned to live in this one

Regarding people who were difficult to accept or respect, Nelle said, Our response to these people represents our earthly test. And I think, that these people enrich the wonder of our lives. It is they who most need our kindness, because the seem less deserving. After all, anyone can love people who are lovely

Atticus said one time the reason Aunty's so hipped on the family is because all we've got's background and not a dime to our names.

There was no hurry, for there was nowhere to go, nothing to buy and no money to buy it with, nothing to see outside the boundaries of Maycomb County.

I'm hard put, sometimes— baby, it's never an insult to be called what somebody thinks is a bad name. It just shows you how poor that person is, it doesn't hurt you. (Atticus)

I never heard Atticus raise his voice in my life, except to a deaf woman.

Orang yang berakal sehat tak pernah berbangga dengan bakatnya. Miss Maudie

Entailment's are bad.