Harper Lee

You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view... Until you climb inside of his skin and walk around in it.

People generally see what they look for, and hear what they listen for.

Shoot all the bluejays you want, if you can hit 'em, but remember it's a sin to kill a mockingbird.

I wanted you to see what real courage is, instead of getting the idea that courage is a man with a gun in his hand. It's when you know you're licked before you begin, but you begin anyway and see it through no matter what.

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

Sometimes the Bible in the hand of one man is worse than a whisky bottle in the hand of (another)... There are just some kind of men who - who're so busy worrying about the next world they've never learned to live in this one, and you can look down the street and see the results.

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.

They're certainly entitled to think that, and they're entitled to full respect for their opinions... but 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.

Atticus, you must be wrong...

Well, most folks seem to think they're right and you're wrong...

It's not time to worry yet. I'll let you know when.

Simply because we were licked a hundred years before we started is no reason for us not to try to win.