they think they’re right, and you’re wrong

  swing

“Atticus, you must be wrong.”

 
“How’s that?”

 
“Well, most folks seem to think they’re right and you’re wrong. . .”

 
“They’re certainly entitled to think that, and they’re entitled to full respect for their opinions,” said Atticus, “but 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.”

—Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird

Porch photo from Pinterest

 

 

Share

About Deborah Fagan Carpenter

The creative and professional life of Deborah Fagan Carpenter has taken many directions: visual merchandiser, decorator, potter, sculptor, modern expressionist painter, photographer, and freelance feature writer. As Contributing Editor at PorchScene, her contributions are fueled by her love of all things beautiful, interesting, edible, and Southern.
This entry was posted in Written With a Southern Accent and tagged , , . Bookmark the permalink.