TKAM Quotes Flashcards
My folks said…
your daddy was a disgrace an’ that nigger oughta hang from the water tank
What has this…
world come to when a Finch goes against his raising?
It was rumoured…
she kept a CSA pistol concealed beneath her numerous shawls and robes.
The one thing…
that doesn’t abide by majority rules is a person’s conscience.
There’s his…
Chillun, or Yonder’s some Finches. They c’n go loose and rae up the countryside for all of them who run this country care.
The court…
appointed Atticus to defend him. Atticus aimed to defend him. That’s what they didn’t like about it. It was confusing.
Negroes worshipped…
in it on Sundays and white men gambled in it on weekdays.
He stood and…
pointed his finger at Tom Robinson.”I seen that black n-yonder ruttin’ on my Mayella
She looked at him…
as if he were dirt beneath her feet
I wondered if anybody…
had ever called her ‘Ma’am’ or Miss Mayella in her life; probably not
This case is…
as simple as black and white
He likened…
Tom’s death the senseless slaughter of songbirds
How do you know…
a match don’t hurt him? Turtles can’t feel stupid. Were you ever a turtle, huh?
Put my bag…
in the front room, Calpurnia…I’ll take it, said Jem.
Dill asked…
if I’d like to have a poke at Boo Radley. I said I didn’t think it’d be nice to bother him.
A mob’s…
always made up of people, no matter what. Mr Cunningham was part of a mob last night, but he was still a man.
Jem, see if…
you can stand in Bob Ewell’s shoes a minute.
You never…
really understand a person until you consider thing’s from his point of view - until you climb into his skin and walk around in it.
Yes suh….
I felt sorry for her. You felt SORRY for her or you felt sorry for HER?
I guess Tom was…
tired of white men’s chances and preferred to take his own.
What are you…
scared of? Him, she sobbed…I don’t hafta take his sass.
My stomach
turned to water and I nearly threw up.
And they chased…
him ‘n’ never could catch him…Atticus, he was real nice. His hands were under my chin, pulling up the covers, tucking it around me. Most people are, Scout, when you finally see them.
To Maycomb…
Tom’s death was typical. Typical of a nigger to cut and run.
