You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view — ” “Sir?” “ — until you climb into his skin and walk around … - Harper Lee

There's a lot of ugly things in this world, son. I wish I could keep 'em all away from you. That's never possible.

I remember when my daddy gave me that gun. He told me that I should never point it at anything in the house; and that he'd rather I'd shoot at tin cans in the backyard. But he said that sooner or later he supposed the temptation to go after birds would be too much, and that I could shoot all the blue jays I wanted - if I could hit 'em; but to remember it was a sin to kill a mockingbird.

The only thing I’m afraid of about this country is that its government will someday become so monstrous that the smallest person in it will be trampled underfoot, and then it wouldn’t be worth living in.