Quotes from bookTo Kill a Mockingbird
To Kill a Mockingbird is a novel by Harper Lee published in 1960. Instantly successful, widely read in high schools and middle schools in the United States, it has become a classic of modern American literature, winning the Pulitzer Prize. The plot and characters are loosely based on Lee's observations of her family, her neighbors and an event that occurred near her hometown of Monroeville, Alabama, in 1936, when she was 10 years old.
“I shall never marry, Atticus."
"Why?"
"I might have children.”
Harper Lee book To Kill a Mockingbird
Source: To Kill a Mockingbird
“When he was nearly thirteen, my brother Jem got his arm badly broken at the elbow.”
Harper Lee book To Kill a Mockingbird
Source: To Kill a Mockingbird
Harper Lee book To Kill a Mockingbird
Variant: I don't know, but they did it. They've done it before and they did it tonight and they'll do it again and when they do it--seems that only children weep.
Source: To Kill a Mockingbird
“With him, life was routine; without him, life was unbearable.”
Harper Lee book To Kill a Mockingbird
Source: To Kill a Mockingbird
“We're paying the highest tribute you can pay a man. We trust him to do right. It's that simple.”
Harper Lee book To Kill a Mockingbird
Source: To Kill a Mockingbird
“I wonder how much of the day I spend just callin' after you.”
Harper Lee book To Kill a Mockingbird
Source: To Kill a Mockingbird
“Equal rights for all, special privileges for none.”
Harper Lee book To Kill a Mockingbird
Source: To Kill a Mockingbird
“Talking to Francis gave me the sensation of settling slowly to the bottom of the ocean.”
Harper Lee book To Kill a Mockingbird
Source: To Kill a Mockingbird
