Quotes About Kindness

Dill said striking a match under a turtle was hateful. Ain't hateful, just persuades him- 's not like you'd chunk him in the fire, Jem growled. How do you know a match don't hurt him? Turtles can't feel , stupid, said Jem. Were you ever a turtle, huh?

Boo was our neighbor. He gave us two soap dolls, a broken watch and chain, a pair of good-luck pennies, and our lives.

I was taught never to take advantage of anybody who was less fortunate than myself, whether he be less fortunate in brains, wealth, or social position; it meant anybody...

You can pet him, Mr. Arthur. He's asleep...

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.

I do my best to love everybody...I'm hard put,sometimes- baby,its never an insult o be called what somebody thinks is a bad name. It just shows you how poor that person is,it doesn't hurt you.

An' they chased him 'n' never could catch him 'cause they didn't know what he looked like, an' Atticus, when they finally saw him, why he hadn't done any of those thing... Atticus, he was real nice.. Most people are, Scout, when you finally see them. He turned out the light and went into Jem's room. He would be there all night, and he would be there when Jem waked up in the morning.

Had her conduct been more friendly toward me, I would have felt sorry for her. She was a pretty little thing.

Neighbors bring food with death and flowers with sickness and little things in between.

if you can learn a simple trick, you'll get along a lot better with all kind of folks.

Older Scout: [narrating] Neighbors bring food with death, and flowers with sickness, and little things in between. Boo was our neighbor. He gave us two soap dolls, a broken watch and chain, a knife, and our lives.

Cry about the simple hell people give other people—without even thinking.

Hey, Boo," I said.

Most people are nice when you finally see them

I was taught never to take advantage of anybody who was less fortunate than myself, whether he be less fortunate in brains, wealth, or social position; it meant anybody, not just Negroes.

Kad neko umre susedi donose hranu, cve?e kad se neko razboli, a izme?u toga malo šta. Bu je bio naš sused. Poklonio nam je dve lutkice od sapuna, pokvareni sat na lancu, dve parice koje donose sre?u, i naše živote. Ali susedi vra?aju uzdarjima. Mi u drvo nikada nismo vratili ono što smo izvadili iz njega; mi njemu nismo dali ništa, i ja se rastužih zbog toga.

I certainly am. I do my best to love everybody... 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 Finch

Neighbors bring food with death and flowers with sickness and little things in between. Boo was our neighbor. He gave us two soap dolls, a broken watch and chain, a pair of good-luck pennies, and our lives. But neighbors give in return. We never put back into the tree what we took out of it: we had given him nothing, and it made me sad. I

It just shows you how poor that person is, it doesn't hurt you.

I wonder what would happen if the South had a 'Be Kind to the Niggers Week'?

You did all this chopping and work from sheer goodness, boy?

Uncle Jack," she said. "What am I going to do about Hank?" "What you will eventually," he said. "Let him down easy?" "Um hum." "Why?" "He's not your kind." Love whom you will, marry your own kind. "Look, I'm not going to argue with you over the relative merits of trash—" "That has nothing to do with it. I'm tired of you. I want my supper.

If I could have explained these things to Miss Caroline, I would have saved myself some inconvenience and Miss Caroline subsequent mortification, but it was beyond my ability to explain things as well as Atticus, so I said, "You're shamin' him, Miss Caroline. Walter hasn't got a quarter at home to bring you, and you can't use any stovewood.

We couldn't operate a single day without Cal, have you ever thought of that? You think about how much Cal does for you, and you mind her, you hear?