WORDS in Classic Quotes

1  Jem waved my words away as if fanning gnats.

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

2  "Don't you believe a word he says, Dill," I said.

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

3  Just-in-your-own words was Mr. Gilmer's trademark.

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

4  Miraculously on pitch, a hundred voices sang out Zeebo's words.

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

5  She closed her mouth, then opened it to say something, but no words came.

To Kill a Mockingbird By Harper Lee
Context   In PART 2: Chapter 27

6  Knowing that Mr. Radley's word was his bond, the judge was glad to do so.

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

7  "Your father's tired," said Aunt Alexandra, her first words in hours, it seemed.

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

8  I'll be here a week, and I don't want to hear any words like that while I'm here.

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

9  We often wondered who else's words Mr. Gilmer was afraid his witness might employ.

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

10  All the way to the house, Helen said, she heard a soft voice behind her, crooning foul words.

To Kill a Mockingbird By Harper Lee
Context   In PART 2: Chapter 27

11  It was obvious that he had not followed a word Jem said, for all Atticus said was, "You're right."

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

12  But I never figured out how Atticus knew I was listening, and it was not until many years later that I realized he wanted me to hear every word he said.

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

13  Mr. Gilmer asked Mayella to tell the jury in her own words what happened on the evening of November twenty-first of last year, just in her own words, please.

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

14  Miss Stephanie Crawford said he was so upright he took the word of God as his only law, and we believed her, because Mr. Radley's posture was ramrod straight.

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

15  I was proceeding on the dim theory, aside from the innate attractiveness of such words, that if Atticus discovered I had picked them up at school he wouldn't make me go.

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

16  I suppose I should include Uncle Jimmy, Aunt Alexandra's husband, but as he never spoke a word to me in my life except to say, "Get off the fence," once, I never saw any reason to take notice of him.

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

17  Mindful of John Wesley's strictures on the use of many words in buying and selling, Simon made a pile practicing medicine, but in this pursuit he was unhappy lest he be tempted into doing what he knew was not for the glory of God, as the putting on of gold and costly apparel.

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