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

by Harper Lee

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

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, and you can look down the street and see the results.”

But I never figured out how Atticus knew I was listening, and it was not until many years later that I realized he wanted me to hear every word he said.

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

The one thing that doesn’t abide by majority rule is a person’s conscience.”

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.

He told me havin’ a gun around’s an invitation to somebody to shoot you.”

Serving on a jury forces a man to make up his mind and declare himself about something. Men don’t like to do that. Sometimes it’s unpleasant.”