To Kill a Mockingbird Quotes
Scout : Why there he is, Mr. Tate. He can tell you his name... [ Looks at the man ]
Scout : Hey, Boo.
Atticus Finch : [ making introductions ] Miss Jean Louise, Mr. Arthur Radley. I believe he already knows you.
Scout : Hey, Boo.
Atticus Finch : [ making introductions ] Miss Jean Louise, Mr. Arthur Radley. I believe he already knows you.
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Older Scout : [ narrating ] Neighbors bring food with death, and flowers with sickness, and little things in between. Boo was our neighbor. He gave us two soap dolls, a broken watch and chain, a knife, and our lives.
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Older Scout : [ narrating ] One time Atticus said you never really knew a man until you stood in his shoes and walked around in them; just standin' on the Radley porch was enough. The summer that had begun so long ago had ended, and another summer had taken its place, and a fall, and Boo Radley had come out.
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[ last lines ]
Older Scout : [ narrating ] I was to think of these days many times. Of Jem, and Dill, and Boo Radley, and Tom Robinson, and Atticus. He would be in Jem's room all night, and he would be there when Jem waked up in the morning.
Older Scout : [ narrating ] I was to think of these days many times. Of Jem, and Dill, and Boo Radley, and Tom Robinson, and Atticus. He would be in Jem's room all night, and he would be there when Jem waked up in the morning.
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[ about Jem ]
Scout : You can pet him, Mr. Arthur. He's asleep. Couldn't if he was awake, though; he wouldn't let you. Go ahead.
Scout : 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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Mayella Ewell : I got somethin' to say. And then I ain't gonna say no more. He took advantage of me. An' if you fine, fancy gentlemen ain't gonna do nothin' about it, then you're just a bunch of lousy, yella, stinkin' cowards, the - the whole bunch of ya, and your fancy airs don't come to nothin'. Your Ma'am'in' and your Miss Mayellarin' - it don't come to nothin', Mr. Finch, not... no.
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Dill Harris : Hey.
Jem : Hey yourself.
Dill Harris : I'm Charles Baker Harris. I can read. I can read anything you've got. [ swinging on the gate ]
Dill Harris : Folks call me Dill.
Jem : How old are you? Four and a half?
Dill Harris : Going on seven.
Jem : Well, no wonder then. Scout's been readin' since she was born, and she's not even six yet. You're mighty puny for nearly seven.
Dill Harris : I'm little but I'm old.
Jem : Hey yourself.
Dill Harris : I'm Charles Baker Harris. I can read. I can read anything you've got. [ swinging on the gate ]
Dill Harris : Folks call me Dill.
Jem : How old are you? Four and a half?
Dill Harris : Going on seven.
Jem : Well, no wonder then. Scout's been readin' since she was born, and she's not even six yet. You're mighty puny for nearly seven.
Dill Harris : I'm little but I'm old.
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Dill Harris : Let's go down to the courthouse and see the room that they locked Boo up in. My aunt says it's bat-infested, and he nearly died from the mildew. Come on. I bet they got chains and instruments of torture down there.
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Sheriff Heck Tate : Didn't you know your daddy's the best shot in this county?
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[ testifying ]
Mayella Ewell : I was sittin' on the porch, and he come along. Uh, there's this old chifforobe in the yard, and I-I said, 'You come in here, boy, and bust up this chifforobe, and I'll give you a nickel.' So he-he come on in the yard and I go in the house to get him the nickel and I turn around, and 'fore I know it, he's on me, and I fought and hollered, but he had me around the neck, and he hit me again and again, and the next thing I knew, Papa was in the room, a-standin' over me, hollerin', 'Who done it, who done it?'
Mayella Ewell : I was sittin' on the porch, and he come along. Uh, there's this old chifforobe in the yard, and I-I said, 'You come in here, boy, and bust up this chifforobe, and I'll give you a nickel.' So he-he come on in the yard and I go in the house to get him the nickel and I turn around, and 'fore I know it, he's on me, and I fought and hollered, but he had me around the neck, and he hit me again and again, and the next thing I knew, Papa was in the room, a-standin' over me, hollerin', 'Who done it, who done it?'
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Scout : Mr. Tate was right.
Atticus Finch : What do you mean?
Scout : Well, it would be sort of like shooting a mockingbird, wouldn't it?
Atticus Finch : What do you mean?
Scout : Well, it would be sort of like shooting a mockingbird, wouldn't it?
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Tom Robinson : I can't use my left hand at all. I got it caught in a cotton gin when I was twelve years old. All my muscles were tore loose.
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[ testifying ]
Tom Robinson : Well, I said I best be goin', I couldn't do nothin' for her, an' she said, oh, yes I could. An' I asked her what, and she said to jus' step on the chair yonder an' git that box down from on top of the chifforobe. So I done like she told me, and I was reachin' when the next thing I know she... grabbed me aroun' the legs. [ a murmur erupts in the courthouse ]
Tom Robinson : She scared me so bad I hopped down an' turned the chair over. That was the only thing, only furniture 'sturbed in the room, Mr. Finch, I swear, when I left it... Mr. Finch, I got down off the chair, and I turned around an' she sorta jumped on me. She hugged me aroun' the waist. She reached up an' kissed me on the face. She said she'd never kissed a grown man before an' she might as well kiss me. She says for me to kiss her back. [ Tom shakes his head, re-living the ordeal with his eyes half-closed ]
Tom Robinson : And I said, Miss Mayella, let me outta here, an' I tried to run. Mr. Ewell cussed at her from the window and said he's gonna kill her.
Tom Robinson : Well, I said I best be goin', I couldn't do nothin' for her, an' she said, oh, yes I could. An' I asked her what, and she said to jus' step on the chair yonder an' git that box down from on top of the chifforobe. So I done like she told me, and I was reachin' when the next thing I know she... grabbed me aroun' the legs. [ a murmur erupts in the courthouse ]
Tom Robinson : She scared me so bad I hopped down an' turned the chair over. That was the only thing, only furniture 'sturbed in the room, Mr. Finch, I swear, when I left it... Mr. Finch, I got down off the chair, and I turned around an' she sorta jumped on me. She hugged me aroun' the waist. She reached up an' kissed me on the face. She said she'd never kissed a grown man before an' she might as well kiss me. She says for me to kiss her back. [ Tom shakes his head, re-living the ordeal with his eyes half-closed ]
Tom Robinson : And I said, Miss Mayella, let me outta here, an' I tried to run. Mr. Ewell cussed at her from the window and said he's gonna kill her.
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Atticus Finch : Good Afternoon Miss Dubose... My, you look like a picture this afternoon.
Scout : [ hiding behind Atticus whispering to Jem and Dill ] He don't say a picture of what.
Scout : [ hiding behind Atticus whispering to Jem and Dill ] He don't say a picture of what.
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Scout : Hey Miss Dubose.
Mrs. Dubose : Don't you say "hey" to me you ugly girl!
Mrs. Dubose : Don't you say "hey" to me you ugly girl!
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Miss Maudie Atkinson : Jem.
Jem : Yes Ma'am.
Miss Maudie Atkinson : I don't know if it will help saying this to you... some men in this world are born to do our unpleasant jobs for us... your father is one of them.
Jem : Oh, well.
Jem : Yes Ma'am.
Miss Maudie Atkinson : I don't know if it will help saying this to you... some men in this world are born to do our unpleasant jobs for us... your father is one of them.
Jem : Oh, well.
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Atticus Finch : Did you rape Mayella Ewell?
Tom Robinson : I did not, sir.
Atticus Finch : Did you harm her in any way?
Tom Robinson : I did not.
Tom Robinson : I did not, sir.
Atticus Finch : Did you harm her in any way?
Tom Robinson : I did not.
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Atticus Finch : I must be losing my memory. I can't remember whether Jem is twelve or thirteen. Anyway it'll have to come before the county court. Of course it's a clear cut case of self defense. I'll ahh, well I'll run down to the office...
Sheriff Tate : Mr. Finch do you think Jem stabbed Bob Ewell - is that what you think? Your boy never killed anyone. [ Atticus and Sheriff Heck Tate look at Boo ]
Sheriff Tate : Bob Ewell fell on his knife - he killed himself. There's a black man dead for no reason; now the man responsible for it is dead. Let the dead bury the dead this time, Mr. Finch. I never heard tell it was against the law for any citizen to do his utmost to prevent a crime from being committed, which is exactly what he did. But maybe you'll tell me it's my duty to tell the town all about it and not to hush it up. Well, you know what'll happen then? All the ladies in Maycomb, including my wife, will be knocking on his door bringing angel food cakes. To my way of thinking, taking the one man who's done you and this town a big service and dragging him with his shy ways into the limelight - to me that's a sin... it's a sin. And I'm not about to have it on my head. I may not be much Mr. Finch, but I'm still sheriff of Maycomb County and Bob Ewell fell on his knife. Good night, sir.
Sheriff Tate : Mr. Finch do you think Jem stabbed Bob Ewell - is that what you think? Your boy never killed anyone. [ Atticus and Sheriff Heck Tate look at Boo ]
Sheriff Tate : Bob Ewell fell on his knife - he killed himself. There's a black man dead for no reason; now the man responsible for it is dead. Let the dead bury the dead this time, Mr. Finch. I never heard tell it was against the law for any citizen to do his utmost to prevent a crime from being committed, which is exactly what he did. But maybe you'll tell me it's my duty to tell the town all about it and not to hush it up. Well, you know what'll happen then? All the ladies in Maycomb, including my wife, will be knocking on his door bringing angel food cakes. To my way of thinking, taking the one man who's done you and this town a big service and dragging him with his shy ways into the limelight - to me that's a sin... it's a sin. And I'm not about to have it on my head. I may not be much Mr. Finch, but I'm still sheriff of Maycomb County and Bob Ewell fell on his knife. Good night, sir.
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Scout : Jem is up in a tree, he said he won't come down until you agree to play football with the Methodists.
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