Miss Maudie

• “Mockingbirds don’t do one thing but make music for us to enjoy . . . but sing their hearts out for us. That’s why it’s a sin to kill a mockingbird.”
• • "Atticus Finch is the same in his house as he is on the public streets." 
• • "It was no accident. I was sittin' there on the porch last night, waiting. I waited and waited to see you all come down the sidewalk, and as I waited I thought, Atticus Finch won't win, he can't win, but he's the only man in these parts who can keep a jury out so long in a case like that." 
• • "We're making a step—it's just a baby-step, but it's a step." 
• • "Always wanted a bigger house, Jem Finch." 
• • "Boo was always polite and friendly as a child." 
• • "She loved everything that grew in God's earth, even the weeds."