WATER in Classic Quotes

1  Jem sloshed water over the mud man and added more dirt.

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

2  Little Chuck brought water in a paper cup, and she drank it gratefully.

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

3  My stomach turned to water and I nearly threw up when Jem held out the blanket and crept toward me.

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

4  When the men attached its hose to a hydrant, the hose burst and water shot up, tinkling down on the pavement.

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

5  He went out for football, but was too slender and too young yet to do anything but carry the team water buckets.

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

6  The Abbottsville fire truck began pumping water on our house; a man on the roof pointed to places that needed it most.

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

7  My memory came alive to see Mrs. Radley occasionally open the front door, walk to the edge of the porch, and pour water on her cannas.

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

8  Jem looked at me furiously, could not decline, ran down the sidewalk, treaded water at the gate, then dashed in and retrieved the tire.

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

9  There was no doubt about it, I must soon enter this world, where on its surface fragrant ladies rocked slowly, fanned gently, and drank cool water.

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

10  She made me soap all over twice, drew fresh water in the tub for each rinse; she stuck my head in the basin and washed it with Octagon soap and castile.

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

11  All the little man on the witness stand had that made him any better than his nearest neighbors was, that if scrubbed with lye soap in very hot water, his skin was white.

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

12  They told me later that Judge Taylor went out behind the auditorium and stood there slapping his knees so hard Mrs. Taylor brought him a glass of water and one of his pills.

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

13  In spite of our warnings and explanations it drew him as the moon draws water, but drew him no nearer than the light-pole on the corner, a safe distance from the Radley gate.

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

14  An oppressive odor met us when we crossed the threshold, an odor I had met many times in rain-rotted gray houses where there are coal-oil lamps, water dippers, and unbleached domestic sheets.

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

15  At first we saw nothing but a kudzu-covered front porch, but a closer inspection revealed an arc of water descending from the leaves and splashing in the yellow circle of the street light, some ten feet from source to earth, it seemed to us.

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

16  I had spent most of the day climbing up and down, running errands for him, providing him with literature, nourishment and water, and was carrying him blankets for the night when Atticus said if I paid no attention to him, Jem would come down.

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

17  There went with the house the usual legend about the Yankees: one Finch female, recently engaged, donned her complete trousseau to save it from raiders in the neighborhood; she became stuck in the door to the Daughters' Staircase but was doused with water and finally pushed through.

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