--- description: See the most highlighted passages from "To Kill a Mockingbird" title: Here Are the 5 Most Popular 'To Kill a Mockingbird' Quotes image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt88b8c7fc20d8d98b/698855b9524fc0c269df33b1/50-anniversary-cover.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Books](/tag/books/) ## Books Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Here Are the 5 Most Popular _To Kill a Mockingbird_ Quotes by [ashley Ross](/author/ashley-ross/) ## ashley Ross Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jun 24, 2015 8:20 PM CUT  The classic novel To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee. The classic novel To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee.Harper Collins by [ashley Ross](/author/ashley-ross/) ## ashley Ross Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jun 24, 2015 8:20 PM CUT [_Go Set a Watchman_](https://amzn.to/45KoGTv "undefined")_,_ Harper Lee’s highly anticipated follow-up to 1960’s [_To Kill a Mockingbird_,](https://amzn.to/3RMAmzo "undefined") has stirred [debate](http://time.com/3741697/harper-lees-book-elder-care-abuse/ "undefined") over whether the 89-year-old Lee, who suffered a stroke in 2007, was mentally competent enough to agree to the book’s release; the state of [Alabama confirmed that she was](http://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/harper-lee-mentally-fit-release-new-book-alabama-officials "undefined"). The book is set about 20 years after _To Kill a Mockingbird (_which took place in the 1930s), and features many of the same characters, including, of course, Scout Finch and her father Atticus. In the lead-up to the publication of the new book, Amazon has released the passages in _To Kill a Mockingbird_ that are most frequently highlighted on Kindle e-readers. _Go Set a Watchman_ will be released on July 14. 1. “Shoot all the bluejays you want, if you can hit ’em, but remember it’s a sin to kill a mockingbird.” 2. “Mockingbirds don’t do one thing but make music for us to enjoy. They don’t eat up people’s gardens, don’t nest in corncribs, they don’t do one thing but sing their hearts out for us. That’s why it’s a sin to kill a mockingbird.” 3. “The one thing that doesn’t abide by majority rule is a person’s conscience.” 4. “Until I feared I would lose it, I never loved to read. One does not love breathing.” 5. “You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view—” “Sir?” “—until you climb into his skin and walk around in it.” ### Most Popular from TIME --- ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3931171/to-kill-a-mockingbird-go-set-a-watchman/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3931171/to-kill-a-mockingbird-go-set-a-watchman/"},"headline":"Here Are the 5 Most Popular To Kill a Mockingbird Quotes","datePublished":"2015-06-24T20:20:16.000Z","dateModified":"2026-03-24T10:51:54.771Z","description":"On Amazon's Kindle e-readers","url":"https://time.com/3931171/to-kill-a-mockingbird-go-set-a-watchman/","keywords":["Books"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt88b8c7fc20d8d98b/698855b9524fc0c269df33b1/50-anniversary-cover.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"ashley Ross","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/ashley-ross/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt88b8c7fc20d8d98b/698855b9524fc0c269df33b1/50-anniversary-cover.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"to kill a mocking bird","caption":"to kill a mocking bird","creditText":"Harper Collins","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/books/","name":"Books"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3931171/to-kill-a-mockingbird-go-set-a-watchman/","name":"Here Are the 5 Most Popular To Kill a Mockingbird Quotes"}}]}] ```