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“I'm gonna be a new kind of clown. I'm gonna stand in the middle of the ring and laugh at the folks.”

Pt. 2, ch. 22
To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)
Context: "I think I'll be a clown when I get grown," said Dill. "Yes, sir, a clown.... There ain't one thing in this world I can do about folks except laugh, so I'm gonna join the circus and laugh my head off."
"You got it backwards, Dill," said Jem. "Clowns are sad, it's folks that laugh at them."
"Well, I'm gonna be a new kind of clown. I'm gonna stand in the middle of the ring and laugh at the folks."

“I was taught never to take advantage of anybody who was less fortunate than myself, whether he be less fortunate in brains, wealth, or social position; it meant anybody…”

Harper Lee book Go Set a Watchman

Source: Go Set a Watchman

“In other words, all I want to be is the Jane Austen of south Alabama”

Harper Lee

“Long ago, in a burst of friendliness, Aunty and Uncle Jimmy produced a son named Henry…”

Harper Lee book To Kill a Mockingbird

Source: To Kill a Mockingbird

“You can pet him, Mr. Arthur. He's asleep…”

Harper Lee book To Kill a Mockingbird

Source: To Kill a Mockingbird

“Sometimes the Bible in the hand of one man is worse than a whiskey bottle in the hands of another.”

Harper Lee book To Kill a Mockingbird

Source: To Kill a Mockingbird

“I guess it’s like an airplane: they’re the drag and we’re the thrust, together we make the thing fly. Too much of us and we’re nose-heavy, too much of them and we’re tail-heavy—it’s a matter of balance.”

Harper Lee book Go Set a Watchman

Source: Go Set a Watchman

“I didn't know how you were going to do it, but from now on I'll never worry about what'll become of you, son, you'll always have an idea.”

Harper Lee book To Kill a Mockingbird

Source: To Kill a Mockingbird

“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.”

Harper Lee book To Kill a Mockingbird

Source: To Kill a Mockingbird

“I just thought you'd like to know I can read. You got anything needs readin' I can do it.”

Harper Lee book To Kill a Mockingbird

Source: To Kill a Mockingbird

“Nothing is more deadly than a deserted, waiting street.”

Harper Lee book To Kill a Mockingbird

Source: To Kill a Mockingbird

“Go away, the old buildings said. There is no place for you here. You are not wanted. We have secrets.”

Harper Lee book Go Set a Watchman

Source: Go Set a Watchman

“A mob's always made up of people, no matter what. Mr. Cunningham was part of a mob last night, but he was still a man. Every mob in every little Southern town is always made up of people you know--doesn't say much for them, does it?”

Harper Lee book To Kill a Mockingbird

Source: To Kill a Mockingbird

“Summer was our best season: it was sleeping on the back screened porch in cots, or trying to sleep in the treehouse; summer was everything good to eat; it was a thousand colors in a parched landscape; but most of all, summer was Dill.”

Harper Lee book To Kill a Mockingbird

Variant: summer was our best season: it was sleeping on the back screeneed porch in cots, or trying to sleep in the treehouse; summer was everything good to eat; it was a thousand colors in a parched landscape.
Source: To Kill a Mockingbird

“What does a bigot do when he meets someone who challenges his opinions? He doesn’t give. He stays rigid. Doesn’t even try to listen, just lashes out.”

Harper Lee book Go Set a Watchman

Source: Go Set a Watchman

“I say guilt, gentlemen, because it was guilt that motivated her. She has committed no crime, she has merely broken a rigid and time-honored code of our society.”

Harper Lee book To Kill a Mockingbird

Source: To Kill a Mockingbird

“I can't beat you, I can't join you.”

Harper Lee book Go Set a Watchman

Source: Go Set a Watchman

“That proves something- that a gang of wild animals can be stopped, simply because they're still human.”

Harper Lee book To Kill a Mockingbird

Source: To Kill a Mockingbird