Best Atticus Quotes

#1. Words
will
scratch
more
hearts
than
swords.

Atticus Poetry

#2. But in the secret's courts of man's hearts Atticus had no case. Tom was a dead man the minute Mayella Ewell opened her mouth and screamed.

Harper Lee

#3. wanted you to see what real courage is, instead of getting the idea that courage is a man with a gun in his hand. It's when you know you're licked before you begin but you begin anyway and you see it through no matter what. - ATTICUS FINCH, FROM HARPER LEE'S TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD

Kristin Hannah

#4. What good are wings without the courage to fly?

Atticus Poetry

#5. Atticus
" ... said Jem bleakly. "How could they do it, how could they?"
"I don't know, but they did it. They've done it before & they did it tonight & they'll do it again & when they do it
seems that only children weep.

Harper Lee

#6. He was out of his mind," said Atticus. "Don't like to contradict you, Mr. Finch - wasn't crazy - mean as hell. Low-down skunk with enough liquor in him to make him brave enough to kill children. He'd never have met you face to face.

Harper Lee

#7. Not everyone can be bribed with meat, Oberon."
"They Can't? Oh! you mean they're vegetarian."
"No, they eat meat. It just doesn't sway their decision making process."
"Well that ... that's just wrong, Atticus!Are they Monsters? It's like they have no moral center!

Kevin Hearne

#8. Canine Psychology 101. Seriously don't look at it, (the T bone steak) Look for the dastardly villain. Atticus

Kevin Hearne

#9. Scout, if there's ever anything that happens to you or something - you know - something you might not want to tell Atticus about - "
"Huh?"
"You know, if you get in trouble at school or anything
you just let me know. I'll take care of you.

Harper Lee

#10. Are you going to kick somebody's ass?
I don't know. Maybe.
Well, I'm not going to worry. I've watched you spar with that martial arts dummy in the backyard lots of times, and you always win.
Thanks, buddy. I'll see you soon.

Kevin Hearne

#11. Don't hate the Meat Lord, Atticus. Just offer him steak sauce and words of praise.

Kevin Hearne

#12. If I waved that in front of a museum curator, he'd promptly lose control of his salivary glands.

Kevin Hearne

#13. My little son, Atticus, desperately needs his dad and I haven't been there for him ... and that's sad.

Daniel Baldwin

#14. Integrity, humor and patience were the three words for Atticus Finch. There was also a phrase for him: pick at random any citizen from Maycomb County and its environs, and ask him what he thought of Atticus Finch, and the answer would most likely be, I never had a better friend.

Harper Lee

#15. Come, my darling,
it is never too late
to begin
our love again.

Atticus Poetry

#16. No worries, Atticus. I will snarf surreptitiously. And I should get bacon, because my adverb was two syllables longer than yours, plus a bonus for alliteration."
I grinned. "It's a deal. You're the best hound ever.

Kevin Hearne