People in their right minds never take pride in their talents.
("To Kill a Mockingbird")
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Miss Maudie's hand closed tightly on mine, and I said nothing. Its warmth was enough.
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They're ugly, but those are the facts of life.
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If this thing's hushed up it'll be a simple denial to Jem of the way I've tried to raise him. Sometimes I think I'm a total failure as a parent, but I'm all they've got. Before Jem looks at anyone else he looks at me, and I've tried to live so I can look squarely back at him.. if I connived at something like this, frankly I couldn't meet his eye, and the day I can't do that I'll know I've lost him. I don't want to lose him and Scout, because they're all I've got.
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