Scout Quotes
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Literature“Atticus had used every tool available to free men to save Tom Robinson, but in the secret courts of men's hearts Atticus had no case. Tom was a dead man the minute Mayella Ewell opened her mouth and screamed.”
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Literature“Your father is right,' she said. 'Mockingbirds don't do one thing except make music for us to enjoy. They don't eat up people's gardens, don't nest in corn cribs, they don't do one thing but sing their hearts out for us. That's why it's a sin to kill a mockingbird.'”
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Literature“I felt the starched walls of a pink cotton penitentiary closing in on me, and for the second time in my life, I thought of running away. Immediately.”
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Literature“ Atticus told me to delete the adjectives and I'd have the facts. ”
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Literature“ I go to school with your boy. I go to school with Walter; he's a nice boy. Tell him 'hey' for me, won't you? You know something, Mr. Cunningham, entailments are bad. ”
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Literature“ Winter, and a man walked into the street, dropped his glasses, and shot a dog. Summer, and he watched his children's heart break. ”
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Literature“ Atticus was right. One time he said you never really know a man until you stand in his shoes and walk around in them. ”
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Literature“ You can pet him, Mr. Arthur. He's asleep. Couldn't if he was awake, though; he wouldn't let you. Go ahead. ”
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Literature“ Atticus, he was real nice...' His hands were under my chin, pulling up the cover, tucking it around me. 'Most people are, Scout, when you finally see them.' ”
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Literature“ Atticus said to Jem one day, I'd rather you shot at tin cans in the backyard, but I know you'll go after birds.' ”
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Literature“ Atticus, I was just saying to Mr. Cunningham that entailments were bad but not to worry. Takes a long time sometimes. ”
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Literature“ What in the sam hell are you doin' Walter? ”
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Literature“ 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. ”
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Literature“ Scout Finch: Mr. Tate was right ”
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Literature“ It was times like these when I thought my father, who hated guns and had never been to any wars, was the bravest man who ever lived. ”
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Literature“ That was the only time I ever heard Atticus say it was a sin to do something, and I asked Miss Maudie about it. ”
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