" ...To my way of thinkin', Mr. Finch, taking the one man who's done you and this town a great service an' draggin' him with his shy ways into the limelight - to me, that's a sin. It's a sin and I'm not about to have it on my head. If it was any other man it'd be different. But not this man, Mr. Finch.'
...
Atticus sat looking at the floor for a long time. Finally he raised his head. 'Scout,' he said, 'Mr. Ewell fell on his knife. Can you possibly understand?'
Atticus looking like he needed cheering up. I ran to him and hugged him and kissed him with all my might. 'Yes, sir, I understand,' I reassured him. 'Mr. Tate was right.'
Atticus disentangled himself and looked at me. 'What do you mean?'
"Well, it'd be sort of like shootin' a mockingbird, wouldn't it? "

― Harper Lee , To Kill a Mockingbird