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Honey, the sun rises and sets with that Bill of hers. Everything he says is Gospel. She loves her man.""Is that what loving your man is?""Has a lot to...more

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Everybody’s gotta learn, nobody’s born knowing.

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I'd rather you shot at tin cans in the back yard, but i know you'll go after birds. Shoot all the bluejays you want, if you can hit 'em, but remember ...more

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Let the dead bury the dead...

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

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Never, never, never, on cross-examination ask a witness a question you don't already know the answer to.

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Summer was on the way; Jem and I awaited it with impatience. Summer was our best season: it was sleeping on the back screened porch in cots, or trying...more

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Boo and I walked up the steps to the porch. His fingers found the doorknob. He gently released my hand, opened the door, enter inside, and shut the do...more

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Before I can live with other folks I’ve got to live with myself. The one thing that doesn’t abide by majority rule is a person’s conscience.

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The gum looked fresh. I sniffed it and it smelled all right. I licked it and waited for a while. When I did not die, I crammed it into my mouth: Wrigl...more

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When a child asks you something, answer him, for goodness sake. But don't make a production of it. Children are children, but they can spot an evasion...more