| A | B |
|---|
| "THERE WAS NO HURRY, FOR THERE WAS NOWHERE TO GO, NOTHING TO BUY AND NO MONEY TO BUY IT WITH, NOTHING TO SEE OUTSIDE THE BOUNDARIES OF MAYCOMB COUNTY." | EMPHASIZES THE TOWN AFTER THE CIVIL WAR AND GREAT DEPRESSION. |
| "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." | ATTICUS |
| "WHY, ONE SPRIG OF NUT GRASS CAN RUIN A WHOLE YARD." | MISS MAUDIE |
| "THAT;S OKAY, MA AM, YOU'LL GET TO KNOW ALL THE COUNTRY FOLKS AFTER A WHILE." THE CUNNINGHAMS NEVER TOOK ANYTHING THEY CAN'T PAY BACK---NO CHURCH BASKETS AND NO SCRIP STAMPS." | SCOUT |
| "HUSH YOUR MOUTH! DON'T MATTER WHO THEY ARE, ANYBODY SETS FOOT IN THIS HOUSE'S YO' COMP'NY, AND DON'T YOU LET ME CATCH YOUR REMARKIN' ON THEIR WAYS LIKE YOU WAS SO HIGH ADN MIGHTY!" | CALPURNIA |
| "BEEN COMIN' TO THE FIRST DAY O' THE FIRST GRADE FER THREE YEARS NOW." | BURRIS EWELL |
| "WHEN I WENT BACK FOR MY BREECHES---THEY WERE ALL IN A TANGLE WHEN I WAS GETTIN' OUT OF 'EM I COULDN'T GET' EM LOOSE. WHEN I WENT BACK, THEY WERE FOLDED ACROSS THE FENCE...LIKE THEY WERE EXPECTIN' ME." | JEM |
| "IM SIMPLY DEFENDING A NEGRO- HIS NAME'S TOM ROBINSON." | ATTICUS |
| "SIMPLY BECAUSE WE WERE LICKED A HUNDRED YEARS BEFORE WE STARTED IS NO REASON FOR US NOT TO TRY TO WIN." | ONE MUST STAND UP FOR SOMEONE WHO CANNOT DEFEND HIMSELF EVEN IF THE VERDICT WILL NOT CHANGE. |
| "I GUESS IT AINT'S YOUR FAULT IF UNCLE ATTICUS IS A NIGGER-LOVER BESIDES, BUT I'M HERE TO TELL YOU IT CERTAINLY DOES MORITIFY THE REST OF THE FAMILY." | FRANCIS HANCOCK |
| "OUR FATHER DIDN'T DO ANYTHING. HE WORKED IN AN OFFICE, NOT IN A DRUGSTORE. ATTICUS DID OT DRIVE A DUMP TRUCK FOR THE GARAGE, OR DO ANYTHING THAT COULD POSSIBLY AROUSE THE ADMIRATION OF ANYONE." | ATTICUS IS DEFENDING AN AFRICAN AMERICAN "RAPIST" IN AN ALL WHITE COURTROOM WITH AN ALL WHITE JURY. |
