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TKaM Quotes
Quotations from To Kill a Mockingbird.
| Quote | Description |
|---|---|
| You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view... Until you climb inside of his skin and walk around in it | Climbing into a person's skin. |
| I wanted you to see what real courage is, instead of getting the idea that courage is a man with a gun in his hand. It's when you know you're licked before you begin, but you begin anyway and see it through no matter what | Atticus describing courage. |
| Shoot all the blue jays you want, if you can hit ‘em, but remember it’s a sin to kill a mockingbird. | The real sin. |
| 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. | Why it is a sin. |
| 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. | The bravest man. |
| Simply because we were licked a hundred years before we started is no reason for us not to try to win. | Atticus showing courage. |
| They've done it before and they'll do it again and when they do it -- seems that only the children weep. Good night. | The court case, lost. Only children weep. |
| There are some men in this world who are born to do our unpleasant jobs for us. Your father's one of them. | A very grateful sheriff. |
| Atticus sat looking at the floor for a long time. Finally he raised his head. “Scout,” he said, “Mr. Ewell fell on his knife. Can you possibly understand?” | Mr. Ewell's unfortunate end. |
| Dill sighed a long sigh and turned away from me. "Maybe he doesn't have anywhere to run off to." | Dill's opinion on Boo Radley. |