In Maycomb, if one went for a walk with no definite purpose in mind, it was correct to believe one's mind incapable of definite purpose.

Real courage is when you know you're licked before you begin, but you begin anyway and see it through no matter what.

Things are always better in the morning.

Until I feared I would lose it, I never loved to read. One does not love breathing.

Atticus told me to delete the adjectives and I'd have the facts.

Some negroes lie, some are immoral, some negro men are not be trusted around women - black and white. But this is a truth that applies to the human race and to no particular race of men.

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

Are you proud of yourself tonight that you have insulted a total stranger whose circumstances you know nothing about?

We're paying the highest tribute you can pay a man. We trust him to do right. It's that simple.

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.

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.

غــِـناك َ فى نفسـِـكَ ، و قيمَتـِك فى عمــَلـِـك ، و بواعثـُك أحرى بالعناية من غاياتك ، و لا تنتظر من الناس كثيرا ً

Poetry is a sort of truancy, a dream within the dream of life, a wild flower planted among our wheat.

In any case, you must remember, my dearest, that the main strength of innocence is innocence itself. farewell.

Our forbears worked hard this difficult land, and their reward was the freedom and independence of self-sufficiency.

We are not in prison so we are free and happy? No. We're in a different kind of prison in this life. We have to confront it, and we have to liberate Istanbul and ourselves, as well.

Being bombastic for the sake of being bombastic has just never been my take on the world.

It's terrifying to play your favorite band's song in front of your favorite band.

The Soul is on a journey through cosmic time, and you can orchestrate your journey through cosmic time, when you have awakened to the bigger reality.

Vacation: a period of travel and relaxation when you take twice the clothes and half the money you need.

My dad was dean of fine arts at the university. I was casting bronzes in the school foundry. I was using the university as a playground.