To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)
Mary Badham: Scout Finch
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Quotes
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[Atticus is on the porch and overhears Scout and Jem's conversation]
Scout : How old was I when Mama died?
Jem : Two.
Scout : How old were you?
Jem : Six.
Scout : Old as I am now?
Jem : Uh-huh.
Scout : Was Mama pretty?
Jem : Uh-huh.
Scout : Was Mama nice?
Jem : Uh-huh.
Scout : Did you love her?
Jem : Yes.
Scout : Did I love her?
Jem : Yes.
Scout : Do you miss her?
Jem : Uh-huh.
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Scout : Mr. Tate was right.
Atticus Finch : What do you mean?
Scout : Well, it would be sort of like shooting a mockingbird, wouldn't it?
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Atticus Finch : Good Afternoon Miss Dubose... My, you look like a picture this afternoon.
Scout : [hiding behind Atticus whispering to Jem and Dill] He don't say a picture of what.
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Scout : I said, 'Hey,' Mr. Cunningham. How's your entailment getting along?
[Cunningham turns and looks away]
Scout : Don't you remember me, Mr. Cunningham? I'm Jean Louise Finch. You brought us some hickory nuts one early morning, remember? We had a talk. I went and got my daddy to come out and thank you. I go to school with your boy. I go to school with Walter; he's a nice boy. Tell him 'hey' for me, won't you? You know something, Mr. Cunningham, entailments are bad. Entailments...
[Scout suddenly becomes self-conscious]
Scout : Atticus, I was just saying to Mr. Cunningham that entailments were bad but not to worry. Takes a long time sometimes...
Scout : [to the men who are staring up at her] What's the matter? I sure meant no harm, Mr. Cunningham.
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Scout : May I see your watch? "To Atticus, My Beloved Husband." Atticus, Jem says this watch is gonna belong to him some day.
Atticus Finch : That's right.
Scout : Why?
Atticus Finch : Well, it's customary for the boy to have his father's watch.
Scout : What are you gonna give me?
Atticus Finch : Well, I don't know that I have much else of value that belongs to me... But there's a pearl necklace; there's a ring that belonged to your mother. And I've put them away, and they're to be yours.
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Scout : [about Jem] You can pet him, Mr. Arthur. He's asleep. Couldn't if he was awake, though; he wouldn't let you. Go ahead.
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Scout : Atticus, do you defend niggers?
Atticus Finch : [startled] Don't say 'nigger,' Scout.
Scout : I didn't say it... Cecil Jacobs did; that's why I had to fight him.
Atticus Finch : [sternly] Scout, I don't want you fightin'!
Scout : I had to, Atticus, he...
Atticus Finch : I don't care what the reasons are: I forbid you to fight.
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Atticus Finch : There are some things that you're not old enough to understand just yet. There's been some high talk around town to the effect that I shouldn't do much about defending this man.
Scout : If you shouldn't be defending him, then why are you doing it?
Atticus Finch : For a number of reasons. The main one is that if I didn't, I couldn't hold my head up in town. I couldn't even tell you or Jem not to do somethin' again.
[he puts his arm around her]
Atticus Finch : You're gonna hear some ugly talk about this in school. But I want you to promise me one thing: That you won't get into fights over it, no matter what they say to you.
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Atticus Finch : Do you know what a compromise is?
Scout : Bendin' the law?
Atticus Finch : [slightly bemused] Uh, no. It's an agreement reached by mutual consent. Now, here's the way it works. You concede the necessity of goin' to school, we'll keep right on readin' the same every night, just as we always have. Is that a bargain?
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Scout : Jem is up in a tree, he said he won't come down until you agree to play football with the Methodists.
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Scout : Why there he is, Mr. Tate. He can tell you his name...
[Scout looks at the man]
Scout : Hey, Boo.
Atticus Finch : [making introductions] Miss Jean Louise, Mr. Arthur Radley. I believe he already knows you.
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Scout : Hey Miss Dubose.
Mrs. Dubose : Don't you say "hey" to me, you ugly girl!
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Scout : Are we poor?
Atticus Finch : We are indeed.
