#maycomb county

[jeanlouisefinchtkm-blog]

My father Atticus gave me the best advice to remember. He said to me “You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view . . . until you climb into his skin and walk around in it.” 

[hookedonchthonics]

The Maycomb County courthouse was faintly reminiscent of Arlington in one respect: the concrete pillars supporting its south roof were too heavy for their light burden. The pillars were all that remained standing when the original courthouse burned in 1856. Another courthouse was built around them. It is better to say, built in spite of them. But for the south porch, the Maycomb County courthouse was early Victorian, presenting an inoffensive vista when seen from the north. From the other side, however, Greek revival columns clashed with a big nineteenth-century clock tower housing a rusty unreliable instrument, a view indicating a people determined to preserve every physical scrap of the past.

Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird (Perennial Classics, 2002), pp. 184–85

[melodecious]

Had I ever harbored the mystical notions about mountains that seem to obsess lawyers and judges, Aunt Alexandra would have been analogous to Mount Everest: throughout my early life, she was cold and there.

To Kill a Mockingbird

[57thstreetbooks]

This logo would also look great on crappy pens, mugs with undersized handles, & beer cozies.

(Image via Cromwell Belden Public Library)

[skreenedtees]

Atticus Finch Runs Maycomb

-Atticus finch is awesome and he runs maycomb county.