The one thing that doesn’t abide by majority rule is a person’s conscience.
Harper Lee – To Kill a Mockingbird
Rule of Conscience
R
Love for Reading
L
Until I feared I would lose it, I never loved to read. One does not love breathing.
Harper Lee – To Kill a Mockingbird
Honest Conversations
H
The best way to clear the air is to have it all out in the open.
Harper Lee – To Kill a Mockingbird
Sin of Silence
S
Mockingbirds don’t do one thing but make music for us to enjoy… but sing their hearts out for us. That’s why it’s a sin to kill a mockingbird.
Harper Lee – To Kill a Mockingbird
True Courage Defined
T
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.
Harper Lee – To Kill a Mockingbird
Maintain Dignity
M
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.
Harper Lee – To Kill a Mockingbird
Insults Reflect Character
I
It’s never an insult to be called what somebody thinks is a bad name. It only shows you how poor that person is, it doesn’t hurt you.
Harper Lee – To Kill a Mockingbird
Optimism in Life
O
Things are never as bad as they seem.
Harper Lee – To Kill a Mockingbird
Seeing True Selves
S
Most people are, Scout, when you finally see them.
Harper Lee – To Kill a Mockingbird
Realizing Goodness
R
Atticus, he was real nice… Most people are, Scout, when you finally see them.
Harper Lee – To Kill a Mockingbird