To Kill a Mockingbird Quotes The Radley Place

To Kill a Mockingbird Quotes

• “The Radley Place fascinated Dill. 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. There he would stand, his arm around the fat pole, staring and wondering. ” (page 10)

The Radley House • “The house was low, was once white with a deep front porch and green shutters, but had long ago darkened to the color of the slate-grey yard around it. Rain-rotted shingles drooped over the eaves of the veranda; oak trees kept the sun away. ” (page 10)

Mr. Radley (Boo’s dad) • “He was a thin leathery man with colorless eyes, so colorless they did not reflect light. ” (page 14)

Chapter 5 Miss Maudie talking to Scout about weeds: “Why, one sprig of nut grass can ruin a whole yard…When it comes fall this dries up and the wind blows it all over Maycomb County!”

Chapter 5 “Dill remained at the light-pole on the front corner of the lot, and Jem and I edged down the sidewalk…” Chapter 6 Dill peeking in the Radley house: “There’s a little teeny light way off somewhere, though. ”

Chapter 8 We had two weeks of the coldest weather since 1885…Old Mrs. Radley died that winter… Jem makes a snowman out of mud covered with snow.

Chapter 8 Calpurnia kept every fireplace in the house blazing, but we were cold. Calpurnia glanced up at the high ceilings and long windows and said she thought she’d be warmer in her house.

Atticus Quote Ch. 9: Atticus talking to Uncle Jack about the trial (Scout is eavesdropping): “…I hope and pray I can get Jem and Scout through it without bitterness, and most of all, without catching Maycomb’s usual disease. ”

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