EXPLAINED in Classic Quotes

1  He can explain it better than I can.

To Kill a Mockingbird By Harper Lee
Context   In PART 2: Chapter 12

2  "That's a compliment," explained Jem.

To Kill a Mockingbird By Harper Lee
Context   In PART 2: Chapter 12

3  Perhaps I'd better explain something now.

To Kill a Mockingbird By Harper Lee
Context   In PART 2: Chapter 17

4  "We come down sometimes to watch him," I explained.

To Kill a Mockingbird By Harper Lee
Context   In PART 2: Chapter 18

5  They've all got blue eyes," Jem explained, "and the men can't shave after they marry.

To Kill a Mockingbird By Harper Lee
Context   In PART 2: Chapter 16

6  Jem explained that if he did, the snowman would become muddy and cease to be a snowman.

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

7  "He didn't have any lunch," I said, and explained my involvement in Walter's dietary affairs.

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

8  Judge Taylor was not the kind of figure that ever evoked pity, but I did feel a pang for him as he tried to explain.

To Kill a Mockingbird By Harper Lee
Context   In PART 2: Chapter 18

9  Jem turned back to Dill, explaining, I suppose, the finer points of the trial to him, but I wondered what they were.

To Kill a Mockingbird By Harper Lee
Context   In PART 2: Chapter 18

10  I tried to explain to Atticus that it wasn't so much what Francis said that had infuriated me as the way he had said it.

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

11  I went away, not sure that I could explain to Atticus what was on my mind, not sure that I could clarify what was only a feeling.

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

12  She said Atticus tried to explain things to him, and that he must do his best not to lose hope because Atticus was doing his best to get him free.

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

13  As Dill explained, I found myself wondering what life would be if Jem were different, even from what he was now; what I would do if Atticus did not feel the necessity of my presence, help and advice.

To Kill a Mockingbird By Harper Lee
Context   In PART 2: Chapter 14

14  Whenever he performed a minor service for Jem and me, as removing a splinter from a foot, he would tell us exactly what he was going to do, give us an estimation of how much it would hurt, and explain the use of any tongs he employed.

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

15  If I could have explained these things to Miss Caroline, I would have saved myself some inconvenience and Miss Caroline subsequent mortification, but it was beyond my ability to explain things as well as Atticus, so I said, "You're shamin him, Miss Caroline."

To Kill a Mockingbird By Harper Lee
Context   In PART 1: Chapter 2

16  If I could have explained these things to Miss Caroline, I would have saved myself some inconvenience and Miss Caroline subsequent mortification, but it was beyond my ability to explain things as well as Atticus, so I said, "You're shamin him, Miss Caroline."

To Kill a Mockingbird By Harper Lee
Context   In PART 1: Chapter 2

17  When we slowed to a walk at the edge of the schoolyard, Jem was careful to explain that during school hours I was not to bother him, I was not to approach him with requests to enact a chapter of Tarzan and the Ant Men, to embarrass him with references to his private life, or tag along behind him at recess and noon.

To Kill a Mockingbird By Harper Lee
Context   In PART 1: Chapter 2