BETTER in Classic Quotes

1  "We better go down there," said Jem.

To Kill a Mockingbird By Harper Lee
Context   In PART 1: Chapter 6

2  Jem brushed his hair back to get a better look.

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

3  We'd better keep this and the blanket to ourselves.

To Kill a Mockingbird By Harper Lee
Context   In PART 1: Chapter 8

4  Maudie," he called, "I thought I'd better warn you.

To Kill a Mockingbird By Harper Lee
Context   In PART 1: Chapter 10

5  When he was like that, I knew better than to bother him.

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

6  "Do better if you go over it instead of under it," I said.

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

7  Sometimes it's better to bend the law a little in special cases.

To Kill a Mockingbird By Harper Lee
Context   In PART 1: Chapter 3

8  You'd better go home, I'll be in my azaleas and can't watch you.

To Kill a Mockingbird By Harper Lee
Context   In PART 1: Chapter 10

9  Well, Burris," said Miss Caroline, "I think we'd better excuse you for the rest of the afternoon.

To Kill a Mockingbird By Harper Lee
Context   In PART 1: Chapter 3

10  He and Aunty looked alike, but Uncle Jack made better use of his face: we were never wary of his sharp nose and chin.

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

11  My nagging got the better of Jem eventually, as I knew it would, and to my relief we slowed down the game for a while.

To Kill a Mockingbird By Harper Lee
Context   In PART 1: Chapter 5

12  "She likes Jem better'n she likes me, anyway," I concluded, and suggested that Atticus lose no time in packing her off.

To Kill a Mockingbird By Harper Lee
Context   In PART 1: Chapter 3

13  First of all," he said, "if you can learn a simple trick, Scout, you'll get along a lot better with all kinds of folks.

To Kill a Mockingbird By Harper Lee
Context   In PART 1: Chapter 3

14  We thought it was better to go under the high wire fence at the rear of the Radley lot, we stood less chance of being seen.

To Kill a Mockingbird By Harper Lee
Context   In PART 1: Chapter 6

15  We could not expect her to learn all Maycomb's ways in one day, and we could not hold her responsible when she knew no better.

To Kill a Mockingbird By Harper Lee
Context   In PART 1: Chapter 3

16  The second grade was grim, but Jem assured me that the older I got the better school would be, that he started off the same way, and it was not until one reached the sixth grade that one learned anything of value.

To Kill a Mockingbird By Harper Lee
Context   In PART 1: Chapter 7

17  Atticus had promised me he would wear me out if he ever heard of me fighting any more; I was far too old and too big for such childish things, and the sooner I learned to hold in, the better off everybody would be.

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