ADULT in Classic Quotes

1  But this was the first one coming from an adult.

To Kill a Mockingbird By Harper Lee
Context   In PART 1: Chapter 11

2  Jem felt his age and gravitated to the adults, leaving me to entertain our cousin.

To Kill a Mockingbird By Harper Lee
Context   In PART 1: Chapter 9

3  Afterwards, the adults made for the livingroom and sat around in a dazed condition.

To Kill a Mockingbird By Harper Lee
Context   In PART 1: Chapter 9

4  Children are children, but they can spot an evasion quicker than adults, and evasion simply muddles 'em.'

To Kill a Mockingbird By Harper Lee
Context   In PART 1: Chapter 9

5  At Christmas dinner, I sat at the little table in the diningroom; Jem and Francis sat with the adults at the dining table.

To Kill a Mockingbird By Harper Lee
Context   In PART 1: Chapter 9

6  Mrs. Merriweather was one of those childless adults who find it necessary to assume a different tone of voice when speaking to children.

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

7  Backstage, Cecil and I found the narrow hallway teeming with people: adults in homemade three-corner hats, Confederate caps, Spanish-American War hats, and World War helmets.

To Kill a Mockingbird By Harper Lee
Context   In PART 2: Chapter 28

8  The adults in Maycomb never discussed the case with Jem and me; it seemed that they discussed it with their children, and their attitude must have been that neither of us could help having Atticus for a parent, so their children must be nice to us in spite of him.

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