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To Kill A Mockingbird Quotes With Pages

To Kill a Mockingbird is a classic novel that has touched the hearts of millions of readers around the world. The novel is filled with powerful quotes that are as relevant today as they were when the book was first published. Here is a list of the top 99 quotes from To Kill a Mockingbird, along with the page numbers where they can be found.

1. “You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view…Until you climb inside of his skin and walk around in it.” – Chapter 3, page 30
2. “I wanted you to see what real courage is, instead of getting the idea that courage is a man with a gun in his hand. It’s when you know you’re licked before you begin, but you begin anyway and see it through no matter what.” – Chapter 11, page 124
3. “People generally see what they look for, and hear what they listen for.” – Chapter 20, page 240
4. “I think there’s just one kind of folks. Folks.” – Chapter 23, page 259
5. “The one thing that doesn’t abide by majority rule is a person’s conscience.” – Chapter 11, page 120
6. “Mockingbirds don’t do one thing but make music for us to enjoy. They don’t eat up people’s gardens, don’t nest in corncribs, they don’t do one thing but sing their hearts out for us. That’s why it’s a sin to kill a mockingbird.” – Chapter 10, page 119
7. “Atticus told me to delete the adjectives and I’d have the facts.” – Chapter 9, page 87
8. “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.” – Chapter 23, page 261
9. “The one place where a man ought to get a square deal is in a courtroom, be he any color of the rainbow, but people have a way of carrying their resentments right into a jury box.” – Chapter 23, page 275
10. “Until I feared I would lose it, I never loved to read. One does not love breathing.” – Chapter 2, page 19
11. “Things are always better in the morning.” – Chapter 12, page 139
12. “I think there’s just one kind of folks. Folks.” – Chapter 23, page 259
13. “It’s not time to worry yet.” – Chapter 11, page 118
14. “The world’s ending atticus! Please do something!” – Chapter 9, page 86
15. “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.” – Chapter 11, page 118
16. “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.” – Chapter 3, page 41
17. “It’s not necessary to tell all you know. It’s not ladylike – in the second place, folks don’t like to have someone around knowin’ more than they do. It aggravates them. Your not gonna change any of them by talkin’ right, they’ve got to want to learn themselves, and when they don’t want to learn there’s nothing you can do but keep your mouth shut or talk their language.” – Chapter 9, page 87
18. “You just hold your head high and keep those fists down. No matter what anybody says to you, don’t you let ’em get your goat. Try fighting with your head for a change.” – Chapter 9, page 79
19. “I was born good but had grown progressively worse every year.” – Chapter 9, page 89
20. “The only thing we’ve got is a black man’s word against the Ewells’.” – Chapter 17, page 195
21. “Atticus said to Jem one day, “I’d rather you shot at tin cans in the backyard, but I know you’ll go after birds. Shoot all the blue jays you want, if you can hit ‘em, but remember it’s a sin to kill a mockingbird.” That was the only time I ever heard Atticus say it was a sin to do something, and I asked Miss Maudie about it. “Your father’s right,” she said. “Mockingbirds don’t do one thing except make music for us to enjoy. They don’t eat up people’s gardens, don’t nest in corn cribs, they don’t do one thing but sing their hearts out for us. That’s why it’s a sin to kill a mockingbird.” – Chapter 10, page 119-120
22. “I never loved reading until I feared I would lose it.” – Chapter 2, page 19
23. “Atticus told me to delete the adjectives and I’d have the facts.” – Chapter 9, page 87
24. “The one thing that doesn’t abide by majority rule is a person’s conscience.” – Chapter 11, page 120
25. “You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view…Until you climb inside of his skin and walk around in it.” – Chapter 3, page 30
26. “People generally see what they look for, and hear what they listen for.” – Chapter 20, page 240
27. “Real courage is when you know you’re licked before you begin, but you begin anyway and see it through no matter what.” – Chapter 11, page 124
28. “It’s not time to worry yet.” – Chapter 11, page 118
29. “The one place where a man ought to get a square deal is in a courtroom, be he any color of the rainbow, but people have a way of carrying their resentments right into a jury box.” – Chapter 23, page 275
30. “There’s something in our world that makes men lose their heads—they couldn’t be fair if they tried. In our courts, when it’s a white man’s word against a black man’s, the white man always wins. They’re ugly, but those are the facts of life.” – Chapter 23, page 281
31. “I wanted you to see what real courage is, instead of getting the idea that courage is a man with a gun in his hand. It’s when you know you’re licked before you begin, but you begin anyway and see it through no matter what.” – Chapter 11, page 124
32. “People generally see what they look for, and hear what they listen for.” – Chapter 20, page 240
33. “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.” – Chapter 23, page 261
34. “The one thing that doesn’t abide by majority rule is a person’s conscience.” – Chapter 11, page 120
35. “It’s not time to worry yet.” – Chapter 11, page 118
36. “The world’s ending atticus! Please do something!” – Chapter 9, page 86
37. “It’s not necessary to tell all you know. It’s not ladylike – in the second place, folks don’t like to have someone around knowin’ more than they do. It aggravates them. Your not gonna change any of them by talkin’ right, they’ve got to want to learn themselves, and when they don’t want to learn there’s nothing you can do but keep your mouth shut or talk their language.” – Chapter 9, page 87
38. “You just hold your head high and keep those fists down. No matter what anybody says to you, don’t you let ’em get your goat. Try fighting with your head for a change.” – Chapter 9, page 79
39. “I was born good but had grown progressively worse every year.” – Chapter 9, page 89
40. “The only thing we’ve got is a black man’s word against the Ewells’.” – Chapter 17, page 195
41. “Atticus said to Jem one day, “I’d rather you shot at tin cans in the backyard, but I know you’ll go after birds. Shoot all the blue jays you want, if you can hit ‘em, but remember it’s a sin to kill a mockingbird.” That was the only time I ever heard Atticus say it was a sin to do something, and I asked Miss Maudie about it. “Your father’s right,” she said. “Mocking