SILENT in Classic Quotes

1  Atticus was silent for a moment.

To Kill a Mockingbird By Harper Lee
Context   In PART 2: Chapter 30

2  Jem stayed moody and silent for a week.

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

3  Atticus put out his hand and Jem was silent.

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

4  Atticus whispered to him, and Tom Robinson was silent.

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

5  Miss Maudie stared down at me, her lips moving silently.

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

6  Jem decided there was no point in quibbling, and was silent.

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

7  "Be quiet back there," a man's voice ordered, and we were silent.

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

8  She had been sitting silently beside me, her coffee cup balanced on one knee.

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

9  "Just answer the question yes or no, please, Sheriff," said Atticus dryly, and Mr. Tate fell silent.

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

10  We stood watching the street fill with men and cars while fire silently devoured Miss Maudie's house.

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

11  The trees were still, the mockingbirds were silent, the carpenters at Miss Maudie's house had vanished.

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

12  Jem took no pleasure in his acquisition; he jammed it in his pocket and walked silently beside me toward home.

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

13  Atticus had two yellow pencils for me and a football magazine for Jem, which I suppose was a silent reward for our first day's session with Mrs. Dubose.

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

14  When Mr. Nathan Radley passed us on his daily trip to town, we would stand still and silent until he was out of sight, then wonder what he would do to us if he suspected.

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

15  We strolled silently down the sidewalk, listening to porch swings creaking with the weight of the neighborhood, listening to the soft night-murmurs of the grown people on our street.

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

16  When we arrived at the Landing, Aunt Alexandra kissed Uncle Jack, Francis kissed Uncle Jack, Uncle Jimmy shook hands silently with Uncle Jack, Jem and I gave our presents to Francis, who gave us a present.

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

17  Often as not, Miss Maudie and I would sit silently on her porch, watching the sky go from yellow to pink as the sun went down, watching flights of martins sweep low over the neighborhood and disappear behind the schoolhouse rooftops.

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