The tears and the pain all but blinding her, she forced open her eyes one more time, to a curtain of dark hair; to a waterfall of black ink spilling across the last page of her life. No. I’m not nothing. I was loved.

Renee Ahdieh
About This Quote

In this quote from To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, Maycomb, the main character says that she has no idea who killed her father. She then goes on to say that she will die before she allows herself to be the “nothing” that she thinks she is. She also says that she was loved and that her father loved her so much that he was willing to give his life for hers.

Source: The Wrath And The Dawn

Some Similar Quotes
  1. Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage. - Lao Tzu
  2. Have enough courage to trust love one more time and always one more time. - Maya Angelou
  3. You can build walls all the way to the sky and I will find a way to fly above them. You can try to pin me down with a hundred thousand arms, but I will find a way to resist. And there are many of... - Lauren Oliver
  4. ...Who could refrain, That had a heart to love, and in that heart Courage to make love known? - William Shakespeare
  5. We, unaccustomed to courageexiles from delightlive coiled in shells of lonelinessuntil love leaves its high holy templeand comes into our sightto liberate us into life. Love arrivesand in its train come ecstasiesold memories of pleasureancient histories of pain. Yet if we are bold, love strikes... - Maya Angelou
More Quotes By Renee Ahdieh
  1. My soul sees its equal in you.
  2. Shazi, I prefer the color blue to any other. The scent of lilacs in your hair is a source of constant torment. I despise figs. Lastly, I will never forget, all the days of my life, the memories of last night– For nothing, not the...
  3. You honestly expect me to breathe in a world without air?
  4. Love is–a shade of what I feel.
  5. Get up, Shahrzad al- Khayzuran. You kneel before no one. Least of all me.
Related Topics