You can pet him, Mr. Arthur. He's asleep...
("To Kill a Mockingbird")
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The book to read is not the one which thinks for you, but the one which makes you think. No book in the world equals the Bible for that.Harper Lee
Nothing is more deadly than a deserted, waiting street.
Harper Lee
The one place where a man ought to get a square deal is in a courtroom, be he any color of the rainbow, but people have a way of carrying their resentments right into a jury box. 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, that white man is trash. ~Atticus Finch
Harper Lee
Jen and I were accustomed to our father's last-will-and-testament diction, and were at times free to interrupt Atticus for a translation when it was beyond our understanding.
Harper Lee
I think Ill be a clown when I get grown.. Yes, sir, a clown. There aint one thing in this world I can do about folks except laugh, so Im gonna join the circus and laugh my head off Im gonna stand in the middle of the ring and laugh at the folks. Just looka yonder, every one of em oughta be ridin a broomstick.
Harper Lee
You've really got to start hitting the books because it's no joke out here.
Harper Lee
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