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She seemed glad to see me when I appeared in the
kitchen, and by watching her I began to think there was some skill
involved in being a girl.
When a child asks you something, answer him, for
goodness' sake. But don't make a production of it. Children are
children, but they can spot an evasion quicker than adults, and
evasion simply muddles 'em.
Atticus says cheating a black man is ten times
worse than cheating a white.
Listen, no matter what she says to you, don't
answer her back. There's a Confederate pistol in her lap under her
shawl and she'll kill you quick as look at you. Come on.
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If you just learn a single trick, Scout, you'll
get along a lot better with all kinds of folks. You never really
understand a person until you consider things from his point of
view... Until you climb inside of his skin and walk around in it.
You felt sorry for her? A white woman? You felt
sorry for her?
One time Atticus said you never really knew a man
until you stood in his shoes and walked around in them; just standin'
on the Radley porch was enough.
They're certainly entitled to think that, and
they're entitled to full respect for their opinions... but before I
can live with other folks I've got to live with myself. The one
thing that doesn't abide by majority rule is a person's conscience.
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