Atticus Quotes

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

I don't drink and drive. I could live with killing myself but I couldn't live with killing someone else. ~ Atticus

You weren't given wings
to see the world from a tree. ~ Atticus Poetry

Now, I will be the first to admit that human life was not worth much to my generation in the Iron Age, but Flidais and her kind are forever rooted in Bronze Age morality, which goes something like this: If it pleases me, then it is good and I want more; If it displeases me, then it must be destroyed as soon as possible, but preferably in a way that enhances my reputation so that I can achieve immortality in the songs of bards. ~ Kevin Hearne

My mom thought I might be good for voiceover. She thought I had a cute voice, so maybe I could do a cartoon or something. And while we were looking into that, we also thought I should get into theater acting, so I tried it and the first audition I went on, I booked it. And it kind of just snowballed from there. ~ Atticus Shaffer

Melons, peaches, apples, almonds, dates, Uighurs waiting in the shade, waiting for jobs, waiting for a drink of water, minarets above the rooftops. ~ Atticus Lish

But Cal," Jem protested, "you don't look even near as old as Atticus."
"Colored folks don't show their ages so fast," she said. ~ Harper Lee

I literally fell into this business. I never came down one day and said, "Atticus' thought of the day ... I want to be an actor!" My mom and I would always read story books out loud together and I loved doing character voices and playing with my voice. ~ Atticus Shaffer

There are magnets in my bones for that iron in her blood. ~ Atticus Poetry

Did you get me that movie about Genghis Khan?
'It's in the Netflix queue, but that's not the surprise. You don't need to worry, it'll be something good. I just don't want you to feel depressed about going home.'
Oh, I won't. But it would be cool to have a stream like this in the backyard. Can you make one?
'Ummm... no.'
I figured. Can't blame a hound for trying.
Oberon was indeed surprised when we got back home to Tempe. Hal had made the arrangements for me and Oberon perked up as soon as we were dropped off by the shuttle from the car rental company.
'Hey, smells like someone's in my territory,' he said.
'Nobody could be here without my permission, you know that.'
'Flidais did it.'
'That isn't Flidais you smell, believe me.'
I opened the front door, and Oberon immediately ran to the kitchen window that gazed upon the backyard. He barked joyously when he saw what was waiting for him there.
'French poodles! All black and curly with poofy little tails!'
'And every one of them in heat.'
'Oh, WOW! Thanks Atticus! I can't wait to sniff their asses!'
He bounded over to the door and pawed at it because the doggie door was closed to prevent the poodles from entering.
'You earned it, buddy. Hold on, get down off the door so I can open it for you, and be careful, don't hurt any of them.'
I opened the door, expecting him to bolt through it and dive into his own personal canine harem, but instead he took one ~ Kevin Hearne

She had the whisky licking, skinny dipping smile. ~ Atticus Poetry

Atticus, I think we're being stalked by the ghost of Alfred Hitchcock. First it was a Vulture adn now two giant ravens are coming our way. Oberon ~ Kevin Hearne

This guy is an epic douche. Kick his shiny ass, Atticus, Oberon said.
I compartmentalized his comment and resolved to enjoy it later. I glared at this would be usurper and said in my most authoritative voice, "Aenghus Og, you have broken Druidic law by killing the land around us and opening a gate to hell, unleashing demons on this plane. I judge you guilty and sentence you to death."
Amen, Atticus! Testify! ~ Kevin Hearne

You know rape's a capital offense in Alabama," said Atticus. "Yessir, ~ Harper Lee

One of those forever kinds of friends
where anything can happen
and nothing will change--
they just always are
and forever will be. ~ Atticus Poetry

FIND SOMETHING
THAT MAKES
YOU
FORGET TO EAT
AND SLEEP
AND DRINK
AND THEN DO IT
UNTIL YOU DIE
OF THIRST ~ Atticus Poetry

She had been half willing to sponge out what she had seen and heard, creep back to New York, and make him a memory. A memory of the three of them, Atticus, Jem, and her, when things were uncomplicated and people did not lie. ~ Harper Lee

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

Have you ever
smelled a smell
that brings you
instantly back
to a moment
from your
youth?
I always loved
that feeling.
I hope that's
what death is
just sitting on
clouds
smelling old
smells. ~ Atticus Poetry

There's too much risk in loving,'
the young boy said,
'no,'
said the old man,
'there's too much risk in not. ~ Atticus Poetry

You don't need to say any special incantation or sacrifice a stray cat or something first? ~ Kevin Hearne

We don't need every dream to come true -
sometimes we just need to dream them for a while. ~ Atticus Poetry

Our
songs
live
longer
than
our
kingdoms. ~ Atticus Poetry

That was her magic -
she could still see
the sunset
even on those
darkest days. ~ Atticus Poetry

I am not perfect for you, but I will always imperfectly try to be. ~ Atticus Poetry

Atticus:"Damn it, Jim, I'm a Druid not a Physicist! ~ Kevin Hearne

Dying is the easy part
living is the trick. ~ Atticus Poetry

Sex was absolutely not allowed to be scheduled, at least not by explicit discussion, but I had become familiar with the sequence of events likely to precipitate it: a blueberry muffin from Blue Sky Bakery, a triple shot of espresso from Otha's, removal of my shirt, and my impersonation of Gregory Peck in the role of Atticus Finch in To Kill a Mockingbird. ~ Graeme Simsion

He went to the table and picked up a football magazine, opened it, thumbed through it, and was thumbing through it again when he said: "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." Jem sauntered from the livingroom, leaving Jean Louise wide-eyed and wondering if she were fully awake. ~ Harper Lee

She had just enough madness to make her interesting ~ Atticus Poetry

Boys learn too late that being the man, is not the same thing as being a man. ~ Atticus Poetry

Each beautiful thing
we love
starts first as the dirt
of dust
and
stars. ~ Atticus Poetry

Bullshit, as you Americans say.
He's Irish.
The Irish say bullshit too. ~ Kevin Hearne

Do not fall in love with me, for I will break your heart, long before you realize, you were going to break mine. ~ Atticus Poetry

The difference between a 'player' and a 'playboy' is a few million bucks. ~ Atticus

In all the wild world, there is no more desperate creation than a human being on the verge of losing love. ~ Atticus Poetry

Performing, not rehearsing, is a dancer's raison d'etre, and I've been lucky to 'etre' in some extraordinary places - Cuba, Paris, Mongolia. In particular, a two-week stint in Greece leaps to mind. We danced in the Acropolis's Herodes Atticus amphitheater, once a venue for gladiator spectacles. ~ Sascha Radetsky

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

My God, Atticus, you look like you had an orgy with egg yolks and orange juice." "We might need a loofah," I admitted. "Dare I ask what happened?" "An Olympian exploded on us and it was yucky. ~ Kevin Hearne

Poets are fools until they are kings. ~ Atticus

The doubters are just dreamers with broken hearts. ~ Atticus Poetry

I'm glad I found you
because
before you
I never knew what to wish for. ~ Atticus Poetry

It takes a brave man to be truly mad. ~ Atticus

I LIVE
MY LIFE
SO
HAPPILY
IN
CRAZY
WITH
HER. ~ Atticus Poetry

EVERYTHING
WE
LOVE
IS
WELL
ARRANGED
DUST.

- ATTICUS ~ Atticus Poetry

It's a
lonely
thing,
protecting
a breakable
heart ~ Atticus Poetry

What on earth could Ewell do to me, sister?" "Something furtive," Aunt Alexandra said. "You may count on that." "Nobody has much chance to be furtive in Maycomb," Atticus answered. ~ Harper Lee

Dude is that was a Shakespeare quote duel, he just kicked your ass. Oberon
I know, but I slipped in some T.S.Eliot and he didn't even catch it. Hopefully next time I wont be recovering from an assassination attempt, and then I'll do better. - Atticus ~ Kevin Hearne

Just recently I was in Target with my mom shopping, and out of the blue, I see this father and his two daughters and he says, 'Can they get a picture with you?' And I'm thinking to myself, 'Am I the one millionth customer or something?' ~ Atticus Shaffer

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.- Atticus Finch
RIP Harper Lee ~ Harper Lee

You were supposed to be on that elevator with him," Tristan said from behind us. "If you don't make it to the car before he does, believe me, he will drop the both of you on the spot"
Atticus and I glanced at each for a second, before I took off my heels and bolted towards the stairs.
"Are you insane? There are at least 60 flights of stairs!" Atticus yelled after me, but I ignored him, running as quickly as I could.
AsI reached the 49th level, Ipushed open the door and dashed towards the elevator, pressing the botton over and over again, as if my life depended on it.
"Ma'am?" a security guard asked, coming towards me. Fortunately, the doors opened, and sure enough there was Levi reading his paper.
"I work for him!" I shouted, pointing to Levi, as I jumped inside.
He looked up at me, confused as I entered gasping.
"I would have been more impressed if you ran down all of the stairs," he said, no longer interested in me. As I stood there trying to catch my breath, he continued reading.
"Fuck you"
"Excuse me?" he turned back to look at me, his eyes narrowing.
"Achoo," I sneezed. "Excuse me," I lied and he knew it, but I put my heels back on anyway.
"Where's Atticus?" he asked as the doors opened.
"I don't know maybe he just isn't hungry for-" I stopped, seeing Atticus already standing at the car door.
Levi looked back to me. "He wins. ~ J.J. McAvoy

The beautiful thing
about young love
is the truth
in our hearts
that it will last forever. ~ Atticus Poetry

She reminded me of dusk
and the inevitable fading
of all beautiful things. ~ Atticus Poetry

Atticus killed several birds with one stone when he read to his children, and would probably have caused a child psychologist considerable dismay: he read to Jem and Jean Louise whatever he happened to be reading, and the children grew up possessed of an obscure erudition. They cut their back teeth on military history, Bills to Be Enacted into Laws, True Detective Mysteries, The Code of Alabama, the Bible, and Palgrave's Golden Treasury. ~ Harper Lee

You're a tall drink of half drunk whiskey, my pigeon toed gypsy. ~ Atticus

There is not enough time in life to be worrying about about there being enough time ~ Atticus Poetry

The only way in which all men in America are equal, is in the courtroom - Atticus ~ Harper Lee

I wish Bob Ewell wouldn't chew tobacco. was all Atticus said about it. According to Miss Stephanie Crawford, however, Atticus was leaving the post office when Mr. Ewell approached him, cursed him, spat on him, and threatened to kill him ... Miss Stephanie said Atticus didn't bat an eye, just took out his handkerchief and wiped his face and stood there and let Mr. Ewell call him names wild horses could not bring her to repeat. ~ Harper Lee

I... believe it, Atticus. Everything under the sun... will be ours. ~ Jessica Redmerski

I could never love her, the fear of losing would be too strong. ~ Atticus

We all wear scars -
find someone
who makes yours
feel beautiful ~ Atticus Poetry

She wore his love like a loaded gun. ~ Atticus Poetry

My atoms love you atoms, it's chemistry. ~ Atticus Poetry

For me, making music is a continuous learning experience, and I think that it feeds itself. ~ Atticus Ross

We all know the rules of love
we know we shouldn't chase
we know we shouldn't say those ridiculous things we say
but we do them anyways
because the truth is
we can't really help it
and we don't really want to. ~ Atticus Poetry

What do you know? She liked to be told she was scary. Kinky. ~ Kevin Hearne

In the spring, during the Festival of Flora, when Rome was crowded with visitors from all over Italy, Clodius's mob found itself for once outnumbered by ordinary citizens who despised their bullying tactics. Clodius himself was actually jeered at the theatre. Unused to anything other than adulation from the people, according to Atticus he looked around him in astonishment at the slow handclapping, taunts, whistles and obscene gestures, and realised - almost too late - that he was in danger of being lynched. He retreated hastily, and that was the beginning of the end of his domination, for the Senate now recognised how he could be beaten: by appealing over the heads of the ~ Robert Harris

And for goodness' sake put some of the county back where it belongs, the soil erosion's bad enough as it is."
Dill stared at my father's retreating figure.
"He's trying tryin' to be funny," I said. ~ Harper Lee

True love happens at the edge of all things
a lavender place between wake & sleep. ~ Atticus Poetry

Let us leave it at this," said Atticus dryly. "You, Miss Scout Finch, are the common folk. You must obey the law." He said that the Ewells were members of an exclusive society made up of Ewells. In certain circumstances the common folk judiciously allowed them certain privileges by the simple method of becoming blind to some of the Ewells' activities. They didn't have to go to school, for one thing. Another thing, Mr. Bob Ewell, Burris's father, was permitted to hunt and trap out of season. "Atticus, ~ Harper Lee

We will never get back the life we waste
trying to be normal ~ Atticus Poetry

LIFE
IS THE ART
OF FAILING
MAGNIFICENTLY. ~ Atticus Poetry

I don't like horror films. Horror films in the sense of the way horror films are now, like 'Saw,' I don't like that, I don't. ~ Atticus Shaffer

Atticus sometimes said that one way to tell whether a witness was lying or telling the truth was to listen rather than watch. ~ Harper Lee

Atticus had owned an old canvas-top touring car, and once when he was taking Jem, Henry, and Jean Louise swimming, the car rolled over a particularly bad hump in the road and deposited Jem without. ~ Harper Lee

His first two clients were the last two persons hanged in the Maycomb County jail. Atticus had urged them to accept the state's generosity in allowing them to plead Guilty to second-degree murder and escape with their lives, but they were Haverfords, in Maycomb County a name synonymous with jackass. ~ Harper Lee

Find someone and live in awe of them. ~ Atticus Poetry

don't promise to live forever
promise to forever live while you're alive ~ Atticus Poetry

In her heart and soul she set fire to all things that held her back and from the ashes she stepped into who she always was. ~ Atticus Poetry

Boo and I walked up the steps to the porch. His fingers found the doorknob. He gently released my hand, opened the door, enter inside, and shut the door behind him. I never saw him again. ~ Harper Lee

LOVE
COULD
BE
LABLED
POISON
AND WE'D
DRINK
IT
ANYWAYS. ~ Atticus Poetry

I wish
I was a spicy margarita
so I could be
adored
by you
forever, often
and abundantly. ~ Atticus Poetry

Don't hide from heartbreak
for it will show you more truth
than a thousand happy days
live in it, soak in it
and let it evolve you
into your next greater form. ~ Atticus Poetry

The art to traveling
is uncovering the hidden treasures
a country didn't know
they hid. ~ Atticus Poetry

Death is only dangerous
to the unlived life. ~ Atticus Poetry

Summer, and he watches his children's heart break. Autumn again and Boo's children needed him. Atticus was right. One time he said you never really know a man until you stand in his shoes and walk around in them. Just standing on the Radley porch was enough. ~ Harper Lee

She was so beautiful with kindness. ~ Atticus Poetry

He was one of the bad boys
the smoldering kind
that smokes cigarettes
and drinks whiskey
right out of the bottle -
the kind
you can't keep past sunrise
and you don't really care. ~ Atticus Poetry

There are some men in this world who are born to do our unpleasant jobs for us. Your father's one of them. ~ Harper Lee

I want to know every part of you,
every scar,
every bruise,
I want to trace the map of you,
my fingers a compass,
your freckles the constellations
which in my heart I will chart
so when I close my eyes
I'll have you in my stars forever. ~ Atticus Poetry

We have travelled into the past and returned to find that our present is not quite the same as we left it. Atticus Finch will never again be the white knight we once thought him.
And yet the mockingbird still sings - no longer a song of innocence, but maybe one of experience; a song that combines sorrow, forgiveness - and, ultimately, a kind of hope. ~ Joanne Harris

Somedays I grow tired of life and long for the next great adventure. ~ Atticus

What's silly is paying five bucks for hot milk and flavored syrup! But now I see what's really been going on all this time! They charge you all that money because they need it for the R & D! Somewhere on the outskirts of Seattle, there's a secret facility with higher security than Area 51, and inside there are men with poor eyesight and bad haircuts wearing white coats, and they're trying to make the Holy Grail of all coffee drinks.
The bacon latte?
No, Atticus, I already told you those exist! I'm talking about the prophecy! 'Out of the steam and the foam and the froth, a man in white with poor eyesight will craft a liquid paradox, and it shall be called the Triple Nonfat Double Bacon Five-Cheese Mocha!'
Oberon, what the F
? ~ Kevin Hearne

I'm most passionate about anything to do with nature and the simple things. I love taking walks with my family or my friends and seeing nature. And that's why I love living where I live because I live up in the desert area in the mountains. ~ Atticus Shaffer

Many of us are cursed
to never let ourselves believe
another person could love us--
and we will slowly
drown our love
in that confusion. ~ Atticus Poetry

Hopefully next time I won't be recovering from an assassination attempt, and then I'll do better. ~ Kevin Hearne

What
a strange
world.
We
trade our days
for things. ~ Atticus Poetry

You will respect my authori-tah!' Oberon said, in a passable imitation of Eric Cartman. I reminded him that I needed to concentrate. Sometimes dogs forget; they just get too excited. ~ Kevin Hearne

I tend to vacillate between belief systems. Right now I'm kind of checking out the whole buffet, you know, and maybe in a little while I'll decide on what I want to put on my plate and chow down on. ~ Kevin Hearne

Atticus: You hear that? The nice blonde in her thirties is actually over 140 years old. :
Oberon: She must use that Oil of Olay stuff. I wonder if it would get rid of the wrinkles on a shar-pei? ~ Kevin Hearne