to kill a mocking bird

8/12
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I read another book that people say is good…here are phrases I liked…
To kill a mockingbird (harper lee) 08-12-08
The misery of that house
According to neighborhood legend
)other ways) of making people into ghosts
Sense of responsibility (left him)
Persons of no background
Immune to imaginative literature
One does not love breathing
I seldom pleased her and she seldom rewarded me
Are we poor?
“you never really understand a person until you consider things from him point of view”
Of the common folk
Development of good citizenship
Best defense to her was a spirited offense
“the things that happen to people we never really know.”
Nobody in maycomb just went for a walk
I watched the spark of fresh adventure leave his eyes
Arouse the admiration of anyone
Some skill involved in being a girl
I wanted you to see what real courage is
With him, life was routine, without him, life was unbearable
“maddening air of wisdom”
(bitter sweet) “smell of clean negro”
“it’s the same god, ain’t it?”
“impurity of women doctrine”
“I don’t have a real birthday.”
“it’s not necessary to tell all you know”
“you’re not gonna change any of them by talking right, they’ve got to want to learn themselves”
One must lie under certain circumstances and at all times when one can’t do anything about them.
Instill any pride into his children
“I’m trying to tell you the facts of life.”
“run-of-the-mill people”
It takes a woman to do that kind of work.
“It’s different with grown folks.”
“From rape, to riot, to runaways.”
“fake peace that prevailed”
It is one gesture of affection.
Things were utterly dull
Cabin look like the “playhouse of an insane child”
That made him any better than his nearest neighbors
In your own words…
People generally see what they look for, and hear what they listen for.
Never, never, never on cross examination ask a question you already know the answer to.
“has she got good sense?”
Took offense at routine courtesy
“if you was a nigger like me”
“it helps folks if they can latch onto a reason”
“taking delight in corrupting a child”
“I ain’t ever seen any jury “decide in favor of a colored man” over a white man.”
“And when they do it—seems that only children weep.”
“tellin’ the truth is not cynical is it?”
“Things are never as bad as they seem.”
“called on to be christians”
There’s something in our world that makes men lose their heads
Pleasant to declare oneself
But they’re not our kind of folks
Tired of white man’s churches
Making you feel right when things went wrong
People in maycomb knew each other’s voices.

Some tin-foil as sticking in the knot-hole just above my level, winking at me in the afternoon sun.
“yes sir, a clown. There ain’t one thing in this world I can do about folks except laugh, so I’m gonna join the circus and laugh my head off.”