The first thing I do in the morning is brush my teeth and sharpen my tongue.
If the point is sharp, and the arrow is swift, it can pierce through the dust no matter how thick.
I'll tell you something, Harpy," he said, his voice almost a whisper now. "It never even occurred to me that we wouldn't make it. And it never occurred to you that we would. You were just waiting for us to go down in flames. I thought we could get through anything.
Atticus had said it was the polite thing to talk to people about what they were interested in, not about what you were interested in.
It is one of those lessons that every child should learn: Don't play with fire, sharp objects, or ancient artifacts.
Before I can live with other folks, I’ve got to live with myself. The one thing that doesn’t abide by majority rule is a person’s conscience.
Delete the adjectives and [you'll] have the facts.
The universe is full of magical things, patiently waiting for our wits to grow sharper.
I wanted you to see what real courage is, instead of getting the idea that courage is a man with a gun in his hand. It's when you know you're licked before you begin but you begin anyway and you see it through no matter what.
The Universe is full of magical things, patiently waiting for our wits to grow sharper.