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Atticus, he was real nice.""Most people are, Scout, when you finally see them.

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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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Ladies pick funny things to be proud of.

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We came to the street light in the corner, and I wondered how many times Dill stood there hugging the fat pole, watching, waiting, hoping. I wondered ...more

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You confused your father with God. You never saw him as a man with a man’s heart, and a man’s failings – I’ll grant you it may have been hard to see, ...more

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She knew full well the enormity of her offense, but because her desires were stronger than the code she was breaking, she persisted in breaking it.

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If we followed our feelings all the time we´d be like cats chasin´ their tails.

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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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No, everybody's gotta learn, nobody's born knowin'. That Walter's as smart as he can be, he just gets held back sometimes because he has to stay out a...more

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Real courage is when you know you're licked before you begin, but you begin anyway and see it through no matter what.

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Let the dead bury the dead...

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If we followed our feelings all the time, we'd be like cats chasin' their tails.

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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 o...more

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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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Our mother died when I was two, so I never felt her absence. She was a Graham from Montgomery; Atticus met her when he was first elected to the state ...more