Quotes From Scout In To Kill A Mockingbird

Scout Finch, the young protagonist of Harper Lee’s classic novel To Kill a Mockingbird, is known for her wit, intelligence, and courage. Here are the top 99 quotes from Scout in the book:

“Until I feared I would lose it, I never loved to read. One does not love breathing.”
“I think there’s just one kind of folks. Folks.”
“I never loved reading until I feared for the life of a book.”
“People generally see what they look for, and hear what they listen for.”
“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.”
“Atticus told me to delete the adjectives and I’d have the facts.”
“I was born good but had grown progressively worse every year.”
“I never loved my mother as much after that evening.”
“I looked at Jem. He was wearing his ‘I-just-solved-a-mystery’ face.”
“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.”
“I was not so sure, but Jem told me I was being a girl, that girls always imagine things, that’s why other people hated them so, and if I started behaving like one I could just go off and find some to play with.”
“I was very careful not to take his life for a game.”
“It’s not necessary to tell all you know. It’s not ladylike – in the second place, folks don’t like to have somebody around knowin’ more than they do.”
“Ladies in bunches always filled me with vague apprehension and a firm desire to be elsewhere.”
“Some folks don’t eat like us,” she whispered fiercely, “but you ain’t called on to contradict ’em at the table when they don’t.”
“The one thing that doesn’t abide by majority rule is a person’s conscience.”
“People in their right minds never take pride in their talents.”
“I think there’s just one kind of folks. Folks.”
“I’ll never forgive myself for not treating him better. I was so cruel to him.”
“It was times like these when I thought my father, who hated guns and had never been to any wars, was the bravest man who ever lived.”
“Atticus told me to delete the adjectives and I’d have the facts.”
“I was born good but had grown progressively worse every year.”
“I never loved my mother as much after that evening.”
“I looked at Jem. He was wearing his ‘I-just-solved-a-mystery’ face.”
“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.”
“I was not so sure, but Jem told me I was being a girl, that girls always imagine things, that’s why other people hated them so, and if I started behaving like one I could just go off and find some to play with.”
“I was very careful not to take his life for a game.”
“It’s not necessary to tell all you know. It’s not ladylike – in the second place, folks don’t like to have somebody around knowin’ more than they do.”
“Ladies in bunches always filled me with vague apprehension and a firm desire to be elsewhere.”
“Some folks don’t eat like us,” she whispered fiercely, “but you ain’t called on to contradict ’em at the table when they don’t.”
“The one thing that doesn’t abide by majority rule is a person’s conscience.”
“People in their right minds never take pride in their talents.”
“I think there’s just one kind of folks. Folks.”
“I’ll never forgive myself for not treating him better. I was so cruel to him.”
“It was times like these when I thought my father, who hated guns and had never been to any wars, was the bravest man who ever lived.”
“Atticus told me to delete the adjectives and I’d have the facts.”
“I was born good but had grown progressively worse every year.”
“I never loved my mother as much after that evening.”
“I looked at Jem. He was wearing his ‘I-just-solved-a-mystery’ face.”
“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.”
“I was not so sure, but Jem told me I was being a girl, that girls always imagine things, that’s why other people hated them so, and if I started behaving like one I could just go off and find some to play with.”
“I was very careful not to take his life for a game.”
“It’s not necessary to tell all you know. It’s not ladylike – in the second place, folks don’t like to have somebody around knowin’ more than they do.”
“Ladies in bunches always filled me with vague apprehension and a firm desire to be elsewhere.”
“Some folks don’t eat like us,” she whispered fiercely, “but you ain’t called on to contradict ’em at the table when they don’t.”
“The one thing that doesn’t abide by majority rule is a person’s conscience.”
“People in their right minds never take pride in their talents.”
“I think there’s just one kind of folks. Folks.”
“I’ll never forgive myself for not treating him better. I was so cruel to him.”
“It was times like these when I thought my father, who hated guns and had never been to any wars, was the bravest man who ever lived.”
“Atticus told me to delete the adjectives and I’d have the facts.”
“I was born good but had grown progressively worse every year.”
“I never loved my mother as much after that evening.”
“I looked at Jem. He was wearing his ‘I-just-solved-a-mystery’ face.”
“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.”
“I was not so sure, but Jem told me I was being a girl, that girls always imagine things, that’s why other people hated them so, and if I started behaving like one I could just go off and find some to play with.”
“I was very careful not to take his life for a game.”
“It’s not necessary to tell all you know. It’s not ladylike – in the second place, folks don’t like to have somebody around knowin’ more than they do.”
“Ladies in bunches always filled me with vague apprehension and a firm desire to be elsewhere.”
“Some folks don’t eat like us,” she whispered fiercely, “but you ain’t called on to contradict ’em at the table when they don’t.”
“The one thing that doesn’t abide by majority rule is a person’s conscience.”
“People in their right minds never take pride in their talents.”
“I think there’s just one kind of folks. Folks.”
“I’ll never forgive myself for not treating him better. I was so cruel to him.”
“It was times like these when I thought my father, who hated guns and had never been to any wars, was the bravest man who ever lived.”
“Atticus told me to delete the adjectives and I’d have the facts.”
“I was born good but had grown progressively worse every year.”
“I never loved my mother as much after that evening.”
“I looked at Jem. He was wearing his ‘I-just-solved-a-mystery’ face.”
“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.”
“I was not so sure, but Jem told me I was being a girl, that girls always imagine things, that’s why other people hated them so, and if I started behaving like one I could just go off

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