Quotes from book
To 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.
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.”
Source: To Kill a Mockingbird
“I try to give'em a reason, you see. It helps folks if they can latch onto a reason.”
Source: To Kill a Mockingbird
Pt. 1, ch. 9
Atticus Finch
Source: To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)
Pt. 1, ch. 9
Atticus Finch
Source: To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)
“The one thing that doesn't abide by majority rule is a person's conscience.”
Source: To Kill a Mockingbird
“People don’t like to have somebody knowing more than they do. It aggravates them.”
Pt. 2, ch. 12
Calpurnia
Variant: Folks don’t like to have somebody around knowin’ more than they do. It aggravates ‘em.
Source: To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)
Context: Folks don’t like to have somebody around knowin’ more than they do. It aggravates ‘em. You’re not gonna change any of them by talkin’ right, they’ve got to want to learn themselves, and when they don’t want to learn there’s nothing you can do but keep your mouth shut or talk their language.
Source: To Kill a Mockingbird
Source: To Kill a Mockingbird
Source: To Kill a Mockingbird
