“There are the things that should go without saying. Throw away the milk after it’s chunky and smelly; run when something with teeth bigger than your forearms looks at you the wrong way. Maybe don’t keep a serial killer locked up in your parents’ bedroom.”
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“I believe in my common sense,” she countered breathlessly. “My wits. My pragmatism.”
“Dissociate yourself as much as you can from conventional wisdom and standard doctrine.”
“LIFE IS A JOURNEY TO FIND THE PEOPLE WEIRD LIKE YOU. —ATTICUS”
“Wisdom of today is the common sense of tomorrow.”