Dill?" Mm?" Why do you reckon Boo Radleys never run off?" Dill sighed a long sigh and turned away from me. Maybe he doesn't have anywhere to run off to

You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view.

The book to read is not the one which thinks for you, but the one which makes you think. No book in the world equals the Bible for that.

The things that happen to people we never really know. What happens in houses behind closed doors, what secrets -

People generally see what they look for, and hear what they listen for.

Real courage is when you know you're licked before you begin, but you begin anyway and see it through no matter what.

He turned out the light and went into Jem's room. He would be there all night, and he would be there when Jem waked up in the morning.

Things are always better in the morning.

It's not necessary to tell all you know.

Writing is a process of self-discipline you must learn before you can call yourself a writer. There are people who write, but I think they're quite different from people who must write.

...but before I can live with other folks I've got to live with myself.

When the road ahead seems impossible, start the engine

In our lives, we can either be a reflection of the world around us . . . or a beam that enlightens the lives of others.

[On Lou Tellegen's Women Have Been Kind:] The book ... has all the elegance of a quirked little finger and all the glitter of a pair of new rubbers.

Congratulations! Today is your day!

There never has been a period of history, in which the Common Law did not recognize Christianity as lying at its foundation.

My mother encouraged me to be artistic. It was written in a contract at an early age that I would be an artist.

I want to ski as long as I can.

I don't think I should have been married... to anybody.

Evils, like poisons, have their uses, and there are diseases which no other remedy can reach.

danger is a biologic necessity, like dreams. if you face death, for that time, for the period of direct confrontation, you are immortal.