You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view – until you climb into his skin and walk around in it. – Page 30
Mockingbirds don’t do one thing but 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. – Page 90
I think there’s just one kind of folks. Folks. – Page 227
People generally see what they look for, and hear what they listen for. – Page 141
Shoot all the bluejays you want, if you can hit ’em, but remember it’s a sin to kill a mockingbird. – Page 119
The one thing that doesn’t abide by majority rule is a person’s conscience. – Page 105
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. – Page 115
You just hold your head high and keep those fists down. No matter what anyone says to you, don’t let ’em get your goat. – Page 101
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 you see it through no matter what. – Page 149
Atticus told me to delete the adjectives and I’d have the facts. – Page 131
A mob’s always made up of people, no matter what. Mr. Cunningham was part of a mob last night, but he was still a man. – Page 211
To Kill a Mockingbird Quotes with Page Numbers part 2
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. – Page 149
It’s not time to worry yet. – Page 222
When a child asks you something, answer him, for goodness’ sake. But don’t make a production of it. Children are children, but they can spot an evasion quicker than adults, and evasion simply muddles ’em. – Page 110
With him, life was routine; without him, life was unbearable. – Page 108
If there’s just one kind of folks, why can’t they get along with each other? If they’re all alike, why do they go out of their way to despise each other? – Page 227
It’s never an insult to be called what somebody thinks is a bad name. It just shows you how poor that person is, it doesn’t hurt you. – Page 108
Things are always better in the morning. – Page 208
I just hope that Jem and Scout come to me for their answers instead of listening to the town. I hope they trust me enough… – Page 34
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. – Page 116
Boo Radley, you were an observer of a sinful world, like listening to a fantastic radio; you were an audience. – Page 323
She seemed glad to see me when I appeared in the kitchen, and by watching her I began to think there was some skill involved in being a girl. – Page 79
Sometimes the Bible in the hand of one man is worse than a whiskey bottle in the hand of (another). – Page 77
When you see ’em on the porch and they’re tryin ‘s to teach you somethin’… Don’t let ’em. They’re tryin’ to teach you somethin’ intended to save you from sorrow later on. That’s all. – Page 41
You know, it’s funny, I never realized until now that there is not a single giraffe in that entire book. – Page 21
Mockingbirds don’t do one thing but make music for us to enjoy. They don’t eat up people’s gardens, don’t nest in corncribs. They don’t do one thing but sing their hearts out for us. That’s why it’s a sin to kill a mockingbird. – Page 90
I just can’t think of anything I can do about it except stay away from him and shut up, which is what I do. – Page 65
You most likely heard some ugly talk about it at school, but do you think I could face my children otherwise? – Page 246
A strange little man comes to kill us. – Page 21
Yeah, but you’d be surprised how many people do it on their own. – Page 33
People in their right minds never take pride in their talents. – Page 111
We’re not gonna have a story like most folks. – Page 173
Atticus was right. One time he said you never really know a man until you stand in his shoes and walk around in them. – Page 279
They could never, never understand that I live like I do because that’s the way I want to live. – Page 373
I think this is the best session I’ve ever seen. If you had been on the jury last time, maybe some of’em would have got it right. – Page 235
Let the dead bury the dead, Scout. Let the dead bury the dead. – Page 180
I tried to climb into Jem’s skin and walk around in it: if I had gone alone to the Radley Place at two in the morning, my funeral would have been held the next afternoon. – Page 371
He had to take it out on somebody and I’d rather it be me than that houseful of children out there. – Page 109
The handful of people in this town who say that fair play is not marked White Only; the handful who say a fair trial is for everybody, not just us… – Page 277
I realized that in the long run, that is something only Atticus could do. – Page 226
I’m not a very good shot, but I’ve managed to shoot a few tin cans in my time. – Page 119
They were too old to play, but I found my hand reluctant to let go of them. – Page 22
Reason I’m not unanimous about it is because mockingbirds don’t do anything but make music for us to enjoy. – Page 320
Don’t say idiot, Scout. ‘Jean Louise, I’ve had about enough of you this morning,’ she said, ‘you’re starting off on the wrong foot in every way, my lady.**** – Page 109
It’s never an insult to be called what somebody thinks is a bad name. It just shows you how poor that person is, it doesn’t hurt you. – Page 66
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