Harper Lee Mockingbird Quotations

Folks don't like to have somebody around knowing more than they do.

Miss Jean Louise, stand up. Your father's passin'.

Things are never as bad as they seem.

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

Hey, Mr. Cunningham. How's your entailment gettin' along?

Let the dead bury the dead.

Best way to clear the air is to have it all out in the open.

Before Jem looks at anyone else he looks at me, and I’ve tried to live so I can look squarely back at him.

Remember it’s a sin to kill a mockingbird.

It's not necessary to tell all you know. It's not ladylike--in the second place, folks don't like to have somebody around knowin' more than they do.