GATES in Classic Quotes

1  "Very good, Cecil," said Miss Gates.

To Kill a Mockingbird By Harper Lee
Context   In PART 2: Chapter 26

2  Go on, it ain't far inside the gate.

To Kill a Mockingbird By Harper Lee
Context   In PART 1: Chapter 4

3  "Adolf Hitler, Cecil," said Miss Gates.

To Kill a Mockingbird By Harper Lee
Context   In PART 2: Chapter 26

4  "Very good, Jean Louise, very good," Miss Gates smiled.

To Kill a Mockingbird By Harper Lee
Context   In PART 2: Chapter 26

5  Then Miss Gates said, "That's the difference between America and Germany."

To Kill a Mockingbird By Harper Lee
Context   In PART 2: Chapter 26

6  We left the corner, crossed the side street that ran in front of the Radley house, and stopped at the gate.

To Kill a Mockingbird By Harper Lee
Context   In PART 1: Chapter 1

7  "Hitler is the government," said Miss Gates, and seizing an opportunity to make education dynamic, she went to the blackboard.

To Kill a Mockingbird By Harper Lee
Context   In PART 2: Chapter 26

8  Yes ma'am, Miss Gates, I reckon they don't have sense enough to wash themselves, I don't reckon an idiot could keep hisself clean.

To Kill a Mockingbird By Harper Lee
Context   In PART 2: Chapter 26

9  Jem looked at me furiously, could not decline, ran down the sidewalk, treaded water at the gate, then dashed in and retrieved the tire.

To Kill a Mockingbird By Harper Lee
Context   In PART 1: Chapter 4

10  Aunt Alexandra got up from the table and swiftly passed more refreshments, neatly engaging Mrs. Merriweather and Mrs. Gates in brisk conversation.

To Kill a Mockingbird By Harper Lee
Context   In PART 2: Chapter 24

11  Our first raid came to pass only because Dill bet Jem The Gray Ghost against two Tom Swifts that Jem wouldn't get any farther than the Radley gate.

To Kill a Mockingbird By Harper Lee
Context   In PART 1: Chapter 1

12  Jem threw open the gate and sped to the side of the house, slapped it with his palm and ran back past us, not waiting to see if his foray was successful.

To Kill a Mockingbird By Harper Lee
Context   In PART 1: Chapter 1

13  The rural children who could, usually brought clippings from what they called The Grit Paper, a publication spurious in the eyes of Miss Gates, our teacher.

To Kill a Mockingbird By Harper Lee
Context   In PART 2: Chapter 26

14  This was enough to make Jem march to the corner, where he stopped and leaned against the light-pole, watching the gate hanging crazily on its homemade hinge.

To Kill a Mockingbird By Harper Lee
Context   In PART 1: Chapter 1

15  Miss Gates said, "When you get to high school, Cecil, you'll learn that the Jews have been persecuted since the beginning of history, even driven out of their own country."

To Kill a Mockingbird By Harper Lee
Context   In PART 2: Chapter 26

16  In spite of our warnings and explanations it drew him as the moon draws water, but drew him no nearer than the light-pole on the corner, a safe distance from the Radley gate.

To Kill a Mockingbird By Harper Lee
Context   In PART 1: Chapter 1

17  Little Chuck Little, a hundred years old in his knowledge of cows and their habits, was halfway through an Uncle Natchell story when Miss Gates stopped him: "Charles, that is not a current event."

To Kill a Mockingbird By Harper Lee
Context   In PART 2: Chapter 26