"She seemed glad to see me when I appeared in the kitchen, and by watching her I began to think there was some skill involved in being a girl."
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"When a child asks you something, answer him, for goodness' sake."
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"I try to give'em a reason, you see. It helps folks if they can latch onto a reason."
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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 and help his daddy. Nothin's wrong with him. Naw, Jem, I think there's just one kind of folks. Folks."
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"With him, life was routine; without him, life was unbearable."
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"They're ugly, but those are the facts of life."
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"Miss Caroline seemed unaware that the ragged, denim-shirted and floursack-skirted first grade, most of whom had chopped cotton and fed hogs from the time they were able to walk, were immune to imaginative literature."
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"Miss Jean Louise, stand up. Your father's passin'."
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"You can choose your friends but you sho' can't choose your family, an' they're still kin to you no matter whether you acknowledge 'em or not, and it makes you look right silly when you don't."
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"Mutual defiance made them alike."
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"It's not time to worry yet"
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"I was born good but had grown progressively worse every year. Scout"
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"Any writer worth his salt writes to please himself...It's a self-exploratory operation that is endless. An exorcism of not necessarily his demon, but of his divine discontent."
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"Atticus, he was real nice." "Most people are, Scout, when you finally see them."
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"Folks don't like to have somebody around knowing more than they do."
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"When you're at the top, there's only one way to go."
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"When stalking one’s prey, it is best to take one’s time. Say nothing, and as sure as eggs he will become curious and emerge."
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"Bad language is a stage all children go through, and it dies with time when they learn they're not attracting attention with it."
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"Let the dead bury the dead."
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"hold your head high and keep those fists down - Atticus Finch"
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