That boy is your company. And if he wants to eat up that tablecloth, you let him, you hear?

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.

Seize the day...by the throat!

Bookish people, who are often maladroit people, persist in thinking they can master any subtlety so long as it's been shaped into acceptable expository prose.

of the authors’ imagination and used fictitiously. Emerald Green Desiree Holt

Two principles have stood face-to-face from the beginning of time

Ah! what avails it me the flocks to keep, Who lost my heart while I preserv'd my sheep.

The more words you have at your disposal, the more precisely you can express yourself.

Marriage is and should be defined as being between one man and one woman.

Almost all the civil liberty now enjoyed in the world owes its origin to the principles of the christian religion.

Why does everyone think that I am a cruel and insensitive man? I mean, come on, I have kids... on my desk in little jars!