Scout Finch

"Before Jem was born, I was an invalid for a number of years. I was selfish. I was the last person in the world I wanted to be."

"I think there's just one kind of folks. Folks."

"The pink fading light is there, so we can see a little better."

"You look like a mixed up child."

"Atticus was right. One time he said you never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view."

"I remember nothing of my mother, so I cannot miss her."

"Maycomb was an old town, but it was a tired old town."

"The way I am now, Atticus says is the way I'm always going to be."

"You see they could never, never go to school a day in their lives."

"I'm afraid our activities this summer had been cut down according to a rigid schedule."

"Our compromise with the judge was simply that we should hold a candle for them."

"Prejudice, a dirty word, and faith, another dirty word."

"It is an ancient piece of architecture."

"My father in his quiet way was the bravest man who ever lived."

"I wanted to grow up and be a lawyer."

"It's easy to think about things."

"You don't understand what it was about the courtroom."

"That's the only thing I think that makes any difference."

"After all, if Atticus Finch drank until he was drunk he wouldn't be as good as he is now."

"The truth, I suppose, is simple enough."

"Things are never as bad as they seem."

"You never know how much you're capable of until you try."

"Before Jem was born, my father was the same."

"The things that happen to people we know are real."

"I think there's just one kind of folks. Folks."

"Being Southerners, it was a source of shame to some members of the family that we had no recorded ancestors on either side of the Battle of Hastings."

"Atticus said that the simple hell-fire of everyday living was sufficient."

"Until I feared I would lose it, I never loved to read."

"The summer that had begun so long ago had ended, and another had come and gone."

"I maintain that the Ewells started it all, but Jem, who was four years my senior, said it started long before that."