To Kill A Mockingbird Quotes Flashcards

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You never really _______ a _______until you consider things from his ____ of view. Until you _____ inside of his ____ and ____ around in it.”
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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.”
Atticus to Scout
After hearing her father’s words, Scout spends the rest of the novel trying tofully understandwhathemeant.

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“People _______ see what they look for and ____ what they _______ for.”

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“People generally see what they look for and hear what they listen for.”
Judge Taylor
When There has been a request . . . that this courtroom be cleared of spectators, or at least of women and children, a request that will be denied for the time being.

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“Ladies in _______ always ______ me with vague ___________ and a firm desire to be elsewhere.”

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“Ladies in bunches always filled me with vague apprehension and a firm desire to be elsewhere.”

Scout

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“We’re ________ the highest _______ you can pay a man. We trust him to do ______. It’s that simple.”

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“We’re paying the highest tribute you can pay a man. We trust him to do right. It’s that simple.” Miss Maudie

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“___________ don’t do one thing except make ______ for us to enjoy. They don’t eat up people’s _______, don’t nest in corn _____, they don’t do one thing but _____ their hearts out for us. That’s why it’s a ___ _ ___ a mockingbird.”

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“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.”

Miss maudie Atkinson

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“I know now what he was _____ to do, but Atticus was only a _____. It takes a _______ to do that kind of work.”

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“I know now what he was trying to do, but Atticus was only a man. It takes a woman to do that kind of work.” Scout

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“It’s never an _____ to be called what somebody thinks is a ___ name. It just shows you ____ _____ that person is, it doesn’t hurt you.”

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“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.”

When Atticus told everyone to keep calm and carry on.

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” ‘Atticus, he was real nice’. ‘Most _____ are, Scout, when you ______ see them.’ “

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” ‘Atticus, he was real nice’. ‘Most people are, Scout, when you finally see them.’ “

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“You can choose your ______ but you sho’ can’t choose your ______, an’ they’re still ___ to you no matter whether you acknowledge ‘em or not, and it makes you look ____ ____ when you don’t.”

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“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.”

Atticus

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“I wanted you to see what real _____ is, instead of getting the idea that courage is a ____ with a ____ in his hand. It’s when you know you’re ______ before you begin, but you begin ______ and see it through no matter what.”

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“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.”

Atticus finch

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“You just hold your _____ ____ and keep those ____ down. No matter what anybody says to you, don’t you let ‘em get your ____. Try fightin’ with your _____ for a change.”

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“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 fightin’ with your head for a change.”

Atticus finch

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Until I ______ I would _____ it, I never ______to read. One does not love breathing.
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Until I feared I would lose it, I never lovedto read. One does not love breathing.
Scout

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