That proves something- that a gang of wild animals can be stopped, simply because they're still human.

You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view.

The book to read is not the one which thinks for you, but the one which makes you think. No book in the world equals the Bible for that.

The things that happen to people we never really know. What happens in houses behind closed doors, what secrets -

People generally see what they look for, and hear what they listen for.

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

He turned out the light and went into Jem's room. He would be there all night, and he would be there when Jem waked up in the morning.

Things are always better in the morning.

It's not necessary to tell all you know.

Writing is a process of self-discipline you must learn before you can call yourself a writer. There are people who write, but I think they're quite different from people who must write.

...but before I can live with other folks I've got to live with myself.

That’s love: Two lonely persons keep each other safe and touch each other and talk to each other.

Spending time with her father was like showering with a cheese grate - it got more painful each time.

If 'ecstasy' meant the sudden intrusion of the sacred into the ordinary, then it had just happened to me.

Cold autumn, wan with wrath of wind and rain, Saw pass a soul sweet as the sovereign tune That death smote silent when he smote again.

I believe, I desire, that social and economic ills may be remedied.

It was not through democratic methods that Britain bagged India.

I think our drug laws need to be made scientifically, as best as possible, recognizing that values will always be part of that.

Only thought can resemble. It resembles by being what it sees, hears, or knows; it becomes what the world offers it.

The size of your organization is directly related to your ability to enforce the rules.

For writers from working-class families, the making of art is cultural disenfranchisement, for we do not belong in literary circles and our writing rarely makes it back home.