To Kill a Mockingbird (To Kill a Mockingbird, #1)

by Harper Lee

Atticus had used every tool available to free men to save Tom Robinson, but in the secret courts of men’s hearts Atticus had no case. Tom was a dead man the minute Mayella Ewell opened her mouth and screamed.

I came to the conclusion that people were just peculiar, I withdrew from them, and never thought about them until I was forced to.

Jem, how can you hate Hitler so bad an’ then turn around and be ugly about folks right at home—”