People generally see what they look for, and hear what they... - Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird

"It’s never an insult to be called what somebody thinks is a bad name. It just shows you how poor that person is, it doesn’t hurt you."

"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."

"Real courage is when you know you're licked before you begin, but you begin anyway and see it through no matter what."

"Atticus told me to delete the adjectives and I'd have the facts."

"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."