Atticus had said it was the polite thing to talk to people a... - Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird
"Atticus had said it was the polite thing to talk to people about what they were interested in, not about what you were interested in."
More quotes by Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird
"Don’t talk like that, Dill,” said Aunt Alexandra. “It’s not becoming to a child. It’s – cynical.”“I ain’t cynical, Miss Alexandra. Tellin’ the truth’s not cynical, is it?”“The way you tell it, it is."
"Real courage is when you know you're licked before you begin, but you begin anyway and see it through no matter what."
"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."
"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."
"In Maycomb, if one went for a walk with no definite purpose in mind, it was correct to believe one's mind incapable of definite purpose."