“...and I was prepared to say blow off if you don't like this idea ”

“you should always be doing something that satisfies you, what makes you feel good inside.”

“I was always a dreamer, in childhood especially. People thought I was a little strange.”

“Fans are what make a performer and I've always taken them seriously.”

“I don't want to hear any words like that while I'm here. Scout, you'll get in trouble if you go around saying things like that. You want to grow up to be a lady, don't you?'I said not particularly.”

“I let Eli blow so much smoke up my skirt I'm surprised I don't have ass cancer.”

“Do you defend niggers, Atticus?" I asked him that evening."Of course I do. Don't say nigger, Scout. That's common.""'s what everybody at school says.""From now on it'll be everybody less one--""Well if you don't want me to grow up talkin' that way, why do you send me to school?”