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“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.”

Wisdom Sin Mockingbird

Book:To Kill a Mockingbird

Source: To Kill a Mockingbird

“I'd rather you shot at tin cans in the back yard, but i know you'll go after birds. Shoot all the bluejays you want, if you can hit 'em, but remember it's a sin to kill a mockingbird..... Mockingbirds don't do one thing to but make music for us to enjoy. They don't eat up people's garden, 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.”

Sin Music Singing Mockingbird

Author:Harper Lee

“Boo and I walked up the steps to the porch. His fingers found the doorknob. He gently released my hand, opened the door, enter inside, and shut the door behind him. I never saw him again.”

Inspirational Sad Jem Atticus Mockingbird Scout Finch Boo Radley

Book:To Kill a Mockingbird

Source: To Kill a Mockingbird

“The gum looked fresh. I sniffed it and it smelled all right. I licked it and waited for a while. When I did not die, I crammed it into my mouth: Wrigley's Double Mint.”

Die Gum Mockingbird Sniff

Book:To Kill a Mockingbird

Source: To Kill a Mockingbird

“Summer was on the way; Jem and I awaited it with impatience. Summer was our best season: it was sleeping on the back screened porch in cots, or trying to sleep in the tree house; summer was everything good to eat; it was a thousand colors in a parched landscape; but most of all, summer was Dill.”

Inspirational Summer Landscape Season Mockingbird Scout Dill

Book:To Kill a Mockingbird

Source: To Kill a Mockingbird

“Honey, the sun rises and sets with that Bill of hers. Everything he says is Gospel. She loves her man." "Is that what loving your man is?" "Has a lot to do with it." Jean Louise said, "You mean losing your own identity, don't you?" "In a way, yes," said Henry. "Then I doubt if I shall ever marry.”

Love Marriage Mockingbird Watchman

Author:Harper Lee

“Alexandra looked like other people when she cried.”

Mockingbird Watchman

Book:Go Set a Watchman

Source: Go Set a Watchman

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