ATTICUS: Now, will you identify the man who beat you?

MAYELLA: I most certainly will. Sitting right yonder.

– Atticus (Gregory Peck), Mayella (Collin Wilcox Paxton), To Kill A Mockingbird (1962), screenplay by Horton Foote, based on the novel by Harper Lee

The Daily Dialogue theme for the week is lies. To Kill A Mockingbird suggested by Atlanta.

Trivia: Horton Foote was initially reluctant to adapt the novel into a screenplay as he felt that he would be unable to do it justice.

Dialogue On Dialogue: This lie is the basis of the story’s great tragedy.