Harper Lee is a genius who wrote one of the best-selling novels. This novel was published in the 1960s and it quickly gained fame due to its different storyline. Despite the novel being written on the serious issue of rape, it is well known for its humor. Lee wrote the novel’s characters based on her surroundings. It was adapted into an Academy Award-winning film in 1962 by director Robert Mulligan. Here are some famous To Kill a Mockingbird quotes for you to experience this wonderful novel.
- “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.”
- “The one thing that doesn’t abide by majority rule is a person’s conscience.”
- “Mockingbirds don’t do one thing but make music for us to enjoy.. but sing their hearts out for us. That’s why it’s a sin to kill a mockingbird.”
- “Simply because we were licked a hundred years before we started is no reason for us not to try to win.”
- “Before I can live with other folks I’ve got to live with myself.”
- “Are you proud of yourself tonight that you have insulted a total stranger whose circumstances you know nothing about”
- “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.”
- “Best way to clear the air is to have it all out in the open.”
- “The one thing that doesn’t abide by majority rule is a person’s conscience.”
- “It’s never an insult to be called what somebody thinks is a bad name. It just shows you how poor that person is, it doesn’t hurt you.”
- “Bad language is a stage all children go through, and it dies with time when they learn they’re not attracting attention with it.”
- “People in their right minds never take pride in their talents.”
- “Why reasonable people go stark raving mad when anything involving a Negro comes up, is something I don’t pretend to understand.”
- “People generally see what they look for and hear what they listen for.”
- “Until I feared I would lose it, I never loved to read. One does not love breathing.”
To Kill a Mockingbird quotes have highlighted the roots of human behavior, from innocence to experience, kindness and cruelty, love and hatred, humor, and pathos. Racism and prejudice are still issues in human society. We hope that the readers who read these quotes will spread awareness by ending these two diseases that have tormented human lives for years.
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