| Dill Harris could tell the biggest ones I ever heard… he had been up in a mail plane seventeen times | Dill spins long yarns. Does this to compensate for…?D H C T T B O I E H… H H B U I A M P S T |
| I could see Dill hatching one: his eyes widened, his fat cherub face grew rounder. | Dill looks innocent but he’s not. Appearances vs. realityI C S D H O: H E W, H F C F G R |
| His father was a lawyer like Atticus, only much younger. | His new father is a better version of Atticus, according to him. Shows that he respects Atticus and envies Jem and Scout for having a father like Atticus. Maybe he sees Atticus as the ideal fatherH F W A L L A, O M Y. |
| Think they’re still searchin’ all the picture shows in Meridian.” Dill grinned. | Mischievous, likes to cause a fuss and a drama, likes the attention?T T S S A T P S I M D G |
| then he rose and broke the remaining code of our childhood. | JEM tells Atticus that Dill ran away from home…T H R A B T R C O O C |
| (Why do you reckon Boo Radley’s never run off?”) Dill sighed a long sigh and turned away from me. “Maybe he doesn’t have anywhere to run off to… | Dill answers Scout’s question about Boo though it is like he is drawing parallels to himselfW D Y R B R N R O D S A L S A T A F M. M H D H A T R O T |
| I don’t care one speck. It ain’t right, somehow it ain’t right to do ’em that way… It just makes me sick. | Dill cannot stand Mr Gilmer’s treatment of Tom Robinson.I D C O S. I A R, S I A R T D E T W… I J M M S |
| Bet that woman drinks a pint for breakfast every morning—know she drinks two glasses full. Seen her… I ain’t cynical, Miss Alexandra. Tellin’ the truth’s not cynical, is it? | Dill on Aunt Rachel’s drinking habits. also what’s wrong with telling the truthB T W D A P F B E M – K S D T G F. S H… I A C, M A. T T T N C, I I? |
| He staked me out, marked as his property, said I was the only girl he would ever love, then he neglected me. I beat him up twice but it did no good | Dill <3 Scout. Childhood and genderH S M O, M A H P, S I W T O G H W E L, T H N M. I B H U T B I D N G, H O G C T J |
| a pocket Merlin, whose head teemed with eccentric plans, strange longings, and quaint fancies. | Dill’s character. merlin quoteA P M, W H T W E P, S L, A Q F |
| stuck to his story regardless of threats | refuses to admit his yarns are all lies. Probably because he wants to believe it himselfS T H S R O T |
| The Radley Place fascinated Dill. | Dill is intrigued by Boo and the whole legendT R P F D |
| ‘Turtles can’t feel, stupid,’ … ‘Were you ever a turtle, huh?’ | Dill is sensitive. Turtle quoteT C F, S… W Y E A T, H? |
TKAM Dill quotes
January 27, 2020