I'm no idealist to believe firmly in the integrity of our courts and in the jury system - that is no ideal to me, it is a living, working reality. Harper Lee More Quotes by Harper Lee More Quotes From Harper Lee I know now what he was trying to do, but Atticus was only a man. It takes a woman to do that kind of work. Harper Lee kind trying men A mob's always made up of people, no matter what. Mr. Cunningham was part of a mob last night, but he was still a man. Every mob in every little Southern town is always made up of people you know--doesn't say much for them, does it? Harper Lee men night people That proves something- that a gang of wild animals can be stopped, simply because they're still human. Harper Lee tkam gang animal Ladies in bunches always filled me with vague apprehension and a firm desire to be elsewhere. Harper Lee tkam bunch desire There are just some kind of men…who’re so busy worrying about the next world they’ve never learned to live in this one. Harper Lee tkam men life There was nowhere to go, but I turned to go and met Atticus's vest front. I buried my head in it and listened to the small internal noises that went on behind the light blue cloth: his watch ticking, the faint crackle of his starched shirt, the soft sound of his breathing. 'Your stomach's growling,' I said. 'I know it,' he said. Harper Lee breathing light blue Before Jem looks at anyone else he looks at me, and I’ve tried to live so I can look squarely back at him. Harper Lee jem mockingbird looks I don't want to hear any words like that while I'm here. Scout, you'll get in trouble if you go around saying things like that. You want to grow up to be a lady, don't you?' I said not particularly. Harper Lee growing-up trouble want One must lie under certain circumstances and at all times when one can't do anything about them. Harper Lee certain acceptance lying Let the dead bury the dead. Harper Lee kill-a-mockingbird tkam mockingbird I had never thought about it, but summer was Dill by the fishpool smoking string, Dill's eyes alive with complicated plans to make Boo Radley emerge; summer was the swiftness with which Dill would reach up and kiss me when Jem was not looking, the longings we sometimes felt each other feel. With him, life was routine; without him, life was unbearable..." - Scout Finch Harper Lee kissing eye summer I'm little but I'm old. Harper Lee littles They're ugly, but those are the facts of life. Harper Lee facts-of-life ugly facts You've really got to start hitting the books because it's no joke out here. Harper Lee hitting reading book Being Southerners, it was a source of shame to some members of the family that we had no recorded ancestors on either side of the Battle of Hastings. Harper Lee shame battle sides About your writing with you left hand, are you ambidextrous, Mr. Ewell?" "I most positively am not, I can use one hand good as the other. One hand good as the other. Harper Lee left-hand writing hands My book had a universal theme. It's not a "racial" novel. It portrays an aspect of civilization, not necessarily Southern civilization. Harper Lee southern civilization book It's quite a thing, if you've never been in or known a small southern town. The people are not particularly sophisticated, naturally. They're not worldly wise in any way. But they tell you a story whenever they see you. Harper Lee southern wise people My father is one of the few men I've known who has genuine humility, and it lends him a natural dignity. He has absolutely no ego drive, and so he is one of the most beloved men in this part of the state. Harper Lee humility men father Dill?" Mm?" Why do you reckon Boo Radleys never run off?" Dill sighed a long sigh and turned away from me. Maybe he doesn't have anywhere to run off to Harper Lee sigh running long
