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To Kill a Mockingbird Quotes

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To Kill a Mockingbird Quotes

Harper Lee had quite a few pearls of wisdom up her sleeves. If you're looking for morally-sound advice, comments on race relations, or just tips for being a better neighbor, you've come to the right place. Click on any To Kill a Mockingbird quote below to see it in context and find out where it falls on Shmoop's pretentious scale. Looking for even more quotes from To Kill a Mockingbird? Head on over to our Learning Guide for loads of in-depth analysis and close-readings of quotes.

"But this is a truth that applies to the human race and to no particular race of men."

Source: To Kill a Mockingbird | Author: Harper Lee

"I do my best to love everybody"

Source: To Kill a Mockingbird | Author: Harper Lee

"It's a sin to kill a mockingbird."

Source: To Kill a Mockingbird | Author: Harper Lee

"Just standing on the Radley porch was enough."

Source: To Kill a Mockingbird | Author: Harper Lee

"Miss Jean Louise, stand up. Your father's passing."

Source: To Kill a Mockingbird | Speaker: Reverend Sykes

"One must lie under certain circumstances and at all times when one can't do anything about them"

Source: To Kill a Mockingbird | Author: Harper Lee

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

Source: To Kill a Mockingbird | Author: Harper Lee

"Serving on a jury forces a man to make up his mind and declare himself about something. Men don't like to do that. Sometimes it's unpleasant."

Source: To Kill a Mockingbird | Author: Harper Lee

"The one thing that doesn't abide by majority rule is a person's conscience."

Source: To Kill a Mockingbird | Author: Harper Lee

"There are just some kind of men who—who're so busy worrying about the next world they've never learned to live in this one"

Source: To Kill a Mockingbird | Author: Harper Lee

"There's something in our world that makes men lose their heads—they couldn't be fair if they tried."

Source: To Kill a Mockingbird | Author: Harper Lee

"Until I feared I would lose it, I never loved to read. One does not love breathing."

Source: To Kill a Mockingbird | Author: Harper Lee

"When a child asks you something, answer him, for goodness' sake."

Source: To Kill a Mockingbird | Author: Harper Lee

"You just hold your head high and keep those fists down. No matter what anybody says to you, don't you let 'em get your goat. Try fighting with your head for a change."

Source: To Kill a Mockingbird | Author: Harper Lee

"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."

Source: To Kill a Mockingbird | Author: Harper Lee