Исках да разбереш нещо от нея, исках да видиш какво означава истинска храброст и да не мислиш, че човек е храбър само когато има оръжие в ръка. Храброст е, когато знаеш, че си победен още преди да започнеш, но въпреки това започваш и се държиш докрай. Тогава много рядко побеждаваш, макар че понякога и това се случва.
Harper LeeJesus Christ never went around grumbling and complaining
Harper LeeТи също имаш деца, но аз съм по-стар от теб. Когато моите деца пораснат, аз ще бъда стар човек, ако изобщо го доживея, но сега засега аз не съм… Ако нямат доверие в мене, няма да имат доверие в никого.
Harper LeeПочти всички хора са добри, Скаут, когато най-после ги видиш.
Harper LeeThe things that happen to people we never really know. What happens in houses behind closed doors, what secrets --
Harper LeeOf course he shouldn't, but he'll never change his ways. Are you going to take out your disapproval on his children?
Harper LeeAtticus says you can choose your friends but you sho' can't choose your family, an' they're still kin to you no matter whether you acknowledge 'em or not, and it makes you look right silly when you don't.
Harper LeeWhere are your pants, son?
Harper LeeI was more at home in my father's world. People like Mr. Heck Tate did not trap you with innocent questions to make fun of you; even Jem was not highly critical unless you said something stupid. Ladies seemed to live in faint horror of men, seemed unwilling to approve wholeheartedly of them. But I liked them. There was something about them, no matter how much they cussed and drank and gambled and chewed; no matter how undelectable they were, there was something about them that I instinctively liked... they weren't—
"Hypocrites, Mrs. Perkins, born hypocrites," Mrs. Merriweather was saying.
Hasta qué temí perderlo, jamás me embelesó leer. A uno no le embelesa el respirar
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