# Quote — Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird

> Bad language is a stage all children go through, and it dies with time when they learn they're not attracting attention with it, hotheadedness isn't.

- Author: [Harper Lee](https://www.leafyquotes.com/harper-lee.md)
- Book: [To Kill a Mockingbird](https://www.leafyquotes.com/harper-lee/to-kill-a-mockingbird.md)
- Source: [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Harper_Lee#To_Kill_a_Mockingbird_(1962)) ([CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/))
- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/harper-lee/to-kill-a-mockingbird/bad-language-is-a-stage

## More from this book

> I think there's just one kind of folks. Folks.

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/harper-lee/to-kill-a-mockingbird/i-think-theres.md)

> 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.

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/harper-lee/to-kill-a-mockingbird/you-never-really.md)

> Lawyers, I suppose, were children once.

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/harper-lee/to-kill-a-mockingbird/lawyers-i-suppose.md)