Kill A Mockingbird Memorable Quotes - Page 2

• hold your head high and keep those fists down - Atticus Finch

  Harper Lee

  Powerful, Fists, Jem And Scout

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• I think there's just one kind of folks. Folks.

  Harper Lee

  Thinking, Differences, Tkam

  Harold Bloom, Harper Lee (2010). “Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird”, p.44, Infobase Publishing

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• It was times like these when I thought my father, who hated guns and had never been to any wars, was the bravest man who ever lived.

  Harper Lee

  Dad, War, Father

  Harper Lee (1960). “TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD”

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

  Harper Lee

  Real, Nice, People

  Harper Lee (1960). “TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD”

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• As you grow older, you'll see white men cheat black men every day of your life, but let me tell you something and don't you forget it - whenever a white man does that to a black man, no matter who he is, how rich he is, or how fine a family he comes from, he is trash.

  Harper Lee

  Respect, Black And White, Men

  To Kill a Mockingbird ch. 23 (1960)

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• You just hold your head high and keep those fists down. No matter what anybody says to you, don't you let 'em get your goat. Try fighting with your head for a change...

  Harper Lee

  Powerful, Trying, Ems

  "To Kill A Mockingbird". Book by Harper Lee, July 11, 1960.

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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 faster than adults, and evasion simply muddles 'em.

  Harper Lee

  Children, Tkam, Adults

  "To Kill a Mockingbird". Book by Harper Lee, 1962.

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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.

  Harper Lee

  Inspirational, Courage, Perseverance

  "To Kill a Mockingbird". Book by Harper Lee, community.sparknotes.com. July 11, 1960.

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• I was born good but had grown progressively worse every year. Scout

  Harper Lee

  Years, Tkam, Jem And Scout

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• When a child asks you something, answer him, for goodness' sake.

  Harper Lee

  Children, Tkam, Sake

  Harper Lee (1960). “TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD”

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

  Harper Lee

  Honesty, Powerful, Integrity

  To Kill a Mockingbird ch. 11 (1960)

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• Boo was our neighbor. He gave us two soap dolls, a broken watch and chain, a pair of good-luck pennies, and our lives.

  Harper Lee

  Good Luck, Tkam, Two

  Harold Bloom, Harper Lee (2010). “Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird”, p.36, Infobase Publishing

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• I think I'll be a clown when I get grown.... There ain't one thing in this world I can do about folks except laugh, so I'm gonna join the circus and laugh my head off.

  Harper Lee

  Thinking, Tkam, Laughing

  Harper Lee (1960). “TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD”

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• As you grow up, always tell the truth, do no harm to others, and don't think you are the most important being on earth. Rich or poor, you then can look anyone in the eye and say, 'I'm probably no better than you, but I'm certainly your equal.

  Harper Lee

  Inspiring, Growing Up, Eye

  "Harper Lee Gets a Request for a Photo; Offers Important Life Advice Instead (2006)". www.openculture.com. July 27, 2015.

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