The book is about a family – a widowed father and his two children – who are living in Alabama in the 1930s and navigating the moral questions raised by racial inequality. Here are some of the most memorable quotes from the book.
1. “People generally see what they look for, and hear what they listen for.” ― Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird
2. “The one thing that doesn’t abide by majority rule is a person’s conscience.” ― Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird
3. “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.” – Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird
4. “It’s not time to worry yet.” ― Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird
5. “Equal rights for all, special privileges for none.” ― Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird
6. “People don’t like to have somebody knowing more than they do. It aggravates them.” ― Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird
7. “I try to give’em a reason, you see. It helps folks if they can latch onto a reason.” ― Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird
8. “You don’t have to learn much out of books, it’s like if you want to learn about cows, you go milk one.” ― Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird
9. “If one went for a walk with no definite purpose in mind, it was correct to believe one’s mind incapable of definite purpose.” ― Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird
10. “We generally get the juries we deserve.” ― Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird
11. “You see they could never, never understand that I live like I do because that’s the way I want to live.” ― Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird
12. “Until I feared I would lose it, I never loved to read. One does not love breathing.” ― Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird
13. “People in their right minds never take pride in their talents.” ― Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird
14. “Sometimes it’s better to bend the law a little in special cases.” ― Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird
15. “I do my best to love everyday.” ― Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird
16. “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.” ― Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird
17. “If you can learn a simple trick, you’ll get along a lot better with all kind of folks.” ― Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird
18. “There are just some kind of men who’re so busy worrying about the next world they’ve never learned to live in this one.” ― Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird
19. “Cry about the simple hell people give other people—without even thinking.” ― Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird
20. “The only way in which all men in America are equal, is in the courtroom.” ― Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird
21. “If we followed our feelings all the time, we’d be like cats chasin’ their tails.” ― Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird
22. “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.”― Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird
23. “When stalking one’s prey, it is best to take one’s time. Say nothing, and as sure as eggs he will become curious and emerge.” ― Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird
24. “Most people are nice when you finally see them.” ― Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird
25. “Things are always better in the morning.” ― Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird
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