The eNotes Blog 8 To Kill a Mockingbird Quotes that Exemplify Harper LeesLegacy

8 To Kill a Mockingbird Quotes that Exemplify Harper LeesLegacy Weve decided to compile some of the best lines from To Kill a Mockingbird- inarguably  one of the most influential and important novels  in our lifetime. These lines, in context and out, are simultaneously ethereal and grounded, simple and complex. Lees legacy in TKAM  will be continuing  to show  students and readers about the importance of love, tolerance, and friendship. Rest in peace, Harper Lee. Until I feared I would lose it, I never loved to read. One does not love breathing. You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of viewuntil you climb inside of his skin and walk around in it. Were paying the highest tribute you can pay a man. We trust him to do right. Its that simple. Atticus told me to delete the adjectives and I’d have the facts. I dont want to hear any words like that while Im here. Scout, youll get in trouble if you go around saying things like that. You want to grow up to be a lady, dont you? I said not particularly. Neighbors bring food with death and flowers with sickness and little things in between. Boo was our neighbor. He gave us two soap dolls, a broken watch and chain, a pair of good-luck pennies, and our lives. But neighbors give in return. We never put back into the tree what we took out of it: we had given him nothing, and it made me sad. People generally see what they look for, and hear what they listen for. Hey Boo.