SHORTS in Classic Quotes

1  In short, I was to leave him alone.

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

2  He gave a short contemptuous snort.

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

3  He ran to the oak tree in his shorts.

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

4  "I've no idea," said Atticus shortly.

To Kill a Mockingbird By Harper Lee
Context   In PART 2: Chapter 21

5  In his shorts before God and everybody.

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

6  My sojourn in the corner was a short one.

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

7  "I hope it doesn't," he said shortly, and went inside the house.

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

8  The boy had on shorts, and a shock of soapy hair fell to his eyebrows.

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

9  He must have wanted to go home the short way, because he walked quickly down the middle aisle toward the south exit.

To Kill a Mockingbird By Harper Lee
Context   In PART 2: Chapter 21

10  We were taking a short cut across the square when four dusty cars came in from the Meridian highway, moving slowly in a line.

To Kill a Mockingbird By Harper Lee
Context   In PART 2: Chapter 15

11  He was a short, stocky man in a black suit, black tie, white shirt, and a gold watch-chain that glinted in the light from the frosted windows.

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

12  When it bonged eleven times I was past feeling: tired from fighting sleep, I allowed myself a short nap against Reverend Sykes's comfortable arm and shoulder.

To Kill a Mockingbird By Harper Lee
Context   In PART 2: Chapter 21

13  He wore blue linen shorts that buttoned to his shirt, his hair was snow white and stuck to his head like duckfluff; he was a year my senior but I towered over him.

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

14  He had discarded the abominable blue shorts that were buttoned to his shirts and wore real short pants with a belt; he was somewhat heavier, no taller, and said he had seen his father.

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

15  He had discarded the abominable blue shorts that were buttoned to his shirts and wore real short pants with a belt; he was somewhat heavier, no taller, and said he had seen his father.

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

16  It is easy to catch a ride down the highway on a cotton wagon or from a passing motorist, and the short walk to the creek is easy, but the prospect of walking all the way back home at dusk, when the traffic is light, is tiresome, and swimmers are careful not to stay too late.

To Kill a Mockingbird By Harper Lee
Context   In PART 2: Chapter 25

17  This practice allegedly overcame a variety of evils: standing in front of his fellows encouraged good posture and gave a child poise; delivering a short talk made him word-conscious; learning his current event strengthened his memory; being singled out made him more than ever anxious to return to the Group.

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