"This is the last straw, Atticus," - P290
"It tears him to pieces. He doesn’t show it much, but it tears him to pieces. I’ve seen him when—what else do they want from him, Maudie, what else?" - P291
"The handful of people in this town who say that fair play is not marked White Only; the handful of people who say a fair trial is for everybody, not just us; the handful of people with enough humility to think, when they look at a Negro, there but for the Lord’s kindness am I." - P291
"The handful of people in this town with background, that’s who they are." - P291
Perhaps Atticus was right, but the events of the summer hung over us like smoke in a closed room. - P300
" ‘Equal rights for all, special privileges for none,’ " I quoted. - P303
"It might be because he knows in his heart that very few people in Maycomb really believed his and Mayella’s yarns. He thought he’d be a hero, but all he got for his pain was . . . was, okay, we’ll convict this Negro but get back to your dump. He’s had his fling with about everybody now, so he ought to be satisfied. He’ll settle down when the weather changes." - P308
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