Quotes on Morals
"... not long ago, Atticus would have done it simply from his goodness, he would have done it for Cal." (150)
"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, not just Negroes. I was given to understand that the reverse was to be despised." (179)
"She did not stand alone, but what stood behind her, the most potent moral force in her life, was the love of her father." (117)
"Every man's an island, Jean Louise, every man's watchman is his conscious."(265)
Quotes on Cooperation
"Conservative resistance to change, that's all." (46)
"'I just don't like my world disturbed without some warning.'" (75)
"Atticus drew the line at having someone feed him, and Dr. Finch solved the problem by jamming the handles of a fork, knife, and spoon into the ends of big wooden spoons." (145)
"'I just don't like my world disturbed without some warning.'" (75)
"Atticus drew the line at having someone feed him, and Dr. Finch solved the problem by jamming the handles of a fork, knife, and spoon into the ends of big wooden spoons." (145)
Quotes on Gender
"'Well, as a general rule, most women, before they've got 'em, present to their men smiling, agreeing faces. They hide their thoughts. You now, when you're feeling hateful, honey, you are hateful.'" (15)
"When his daughter was miserable she prowled, and Atticus liked his women to be relaxed, not constantly emptying ashtrays." (18)
"Revival time was a time of war: war on sin, Coca Cola, picture shows, hunting on Sunday; war on the increasing tendency of young women to paint themselves and smoke in public; war on drinking whiskey." (60).
"She must now go into a world of femininity, a world she despised, could not comprehend nor defend herself against, a world that did not want her." (116)
"When his daughter was miserable she prowled, and Atticus liked his women to be relaxed, not constantly emptying ashtrays." (18)
"Revival time was a time of war: war on sin, Coca Cola, picture shows, hunting on Sunday; war on the increasing tendency of young women to paint themselves and smoke in public; war on drinking whiskey." (60).
"She must now go into a world of femininity, a world she despised, could not comprehend nor defend herself against, a world that did not want her." (116)
Quotes on Love
"The possessor of the right to kiss her on the courthouse steps was Henry Clinton, her lifelong friend, her brother's comrade, and if he kept on kissing her like that, her husband. Love whom you will but marry your own kind was a dictum amounting to instinct within her. Henry Clinton was Jean Louise's own kind, and now she did not consider the dictum particularly harsh." (9)
"'Don't move, I'll fix it.' Jean Louise jumped up and went to the sink. She threw two dishtowels over the milk, and got a fresh one from a drawer of the cabinet, and blotted the milk from her father's trousers and shirt front." (145)
"... not long ago, Atticus would have done it simply from his goodness, he would have done it for Cal" (150)
"'Don't you give me any more double-talk! You're a nice, sweet old gentleman, and I'll never believe a word you say to me again. I despise you and everything you stand for'.
'well, I love you'"(253)
"'Don't move, I'll fix it.' Jean Louise jumped up and went to the sink. She threw two dishtowels over the milk, and got a fresh one from a drawer of the cabinet, and blotted the milk from her father's trousers and shirt front." (145)
"... not long ago, Atticus would have done it simply from his goodness, he would have done it for Cal" (150)
"'Don't you give me any more double-talk! You're a nice, sweet old gentleman, and I'll never believe a word you say to me again. I despise you and everything you stand for'.
'well, I love you'"(253)
Quotes on Conformity
"'I don't care what they think when I go around in slacks.'" (22)
"Alexandra saw what Maycomb saw: Maycomb expected every daughter to do her duty. The duty of his only daughter to her widowed father after the death of his only son was clear: Jean Louise would return and make her home with Atticus; that was what a daughter did, and she who did not was no daughter." (30)
"'I'm gonna do what every Christian young white fresh Southern virgin does when she's indisposed..... I'm takin' to my bed'" (122)
"Alexandra saw what Maycomb saw: Maycomb expected every daughter to do her duty. The duty of his only daughter to her widowed father after the death of his only son was clear: Jean Louise would return and make her home with Atticus; that was what a daughter did, and she who did not was no daughter." (30)
"'I'm gonna do what every Christian young white fresh Southern virgin does when she's indisposed..... I'm takin' to my bed'" (122)
Quotes on Social Classes
""We Finches do not marry the children of rednecked white trash, which is exactly what Henry's parents were when they were born and were all their lives.""(36)
""Fine a boy as he is, the trash won't wash out of him.""(37)
""I'm so afraid of making a mess of being married to the wrong man- the wrong kind for me, I mean.""(48)
""Fine a boy as he is, the trash won't wash out of him.""(37)
""I'm so afraid of making a mess of being married to the wrong man- the wrong kind for me, I mean.""(48)
Quotes on Disappointment
"The one human being she had ever fully and wholeheartedly trusted had failed her."(113)
"All of Maycomb and Maycomb County were leaving her as the hours passed, and she automatically blamed herself."(154)
"All of Maycomb and Maycomb County were leaving her as the hours passed, and she automatically blamed herself."(154)