What are some quotes related to Boo Radley that can be found in To Kill a Mockingbird?

Readers are introduced to the almost mythical
character ofin the first chapter. Recounting the little history known about the man who remains
unseen,tellswhat he has learned from Miss Stephanie Crawford:

Boo was sitting in the livingroom cutting some items from the Maycomb
Tribune to paste in his scrapbook. His father entered the room. As Mr. Radley passed
by, Boo drove the scissors into his parent's leg, pulled them out, wiped them on his pants, and
resumed his activities. Mrs. Radley ran screaming into the street that Arthur was killing them
all, but when the sheriff arrived he found Boo still sitting in the livingroom, cutting up the
Tribune. He was thirty-three years old then.

Mr. Radley refused to have his son committed to an "asylum" and noted that he
was just high-strung at times. Boo wasn't charged with anything, as his father told the police
that he was not a criminal. Of course, all of this information has to be considered through the
lens of the reporter, Miss Stephanie, who is a gossip and loves to stir up trouble.

The children are fascinated with this man they have never seen, and one day, they
decide to write a note and attempt to deliver it to Boo himself. They are caught red-handed by ,
who gives them a stern lecture, which is pretty rare for Atticus's parenting style:

What Mr. Radley did was his own business. If he wanted to come out,
he would. If he wanted to stay inside his own house he had the right to stay inside free from
the attentions of inquisitive children, which was a mild term for the likes of us. How would we
like it if Atticus barged in on us without knocking, when we were in our rooms at night? We
were, in effect, doing the same thing to Mr. Radley. What Mr. Radley did might seem peculiar to
us, but it did not seem peculiar to him.

Atticus
patiently tries to explain that, although Boo is different from the average Maycomb citizen, he
deserves to be respected. This is the second time Atticus has caught the kids
"tormenting" Boo, and he wants to make a clear impression on them this time that their
antics will not be tolerated.

In , Jem has matured and is wiser to the way
the world workswhich often isn't based in fairness. He is deeply troubled about Tom Robinson's
conviction in spite of the clear evidence supporting his innocence, and he makes this
comment:

Scout, I think I'm beginning to understand
something. I think I'm beginning to understand why Boo Radley's stayed shut up in the house all
this time . . . it's because he wants to stay inside.

Jem
has learned to empathize with the reclusive Boo Radley. He understands that the world isn't a
place of fun and games for adults and that it is often a place of pain and misunderstanding. He
can finally see some reasons that Boo wouldn't even want to be part of it.

At
the very end of the novel, Scout gets to have the conversation with Boo that she's always longed
for, brief though it is:

"Will you take me
home?"

He almost whispered it, in the voice of a child afraid of the
dark.

I put my foot on the top step and stopped. I would lead him through our
house, but I would never lead him home.

"Mr. Arthur, bend your arm down
here, like that. That's right, sir."

I slipped my hand into the crook of
his arm.

He had to stoop a little to accommodate me, but if Miss Stephanie
Crawford was watching from her upstairs window, she would see Arthur Radley escorting me down
the sidewalk, as any gentleman would do.

This man who has
saved Scout and Jem's life emerges from his house only because he senses the danger the siblings
are in. After he has rescued them, he returns to his typical personality, afraid to be outside
the safe confines of his house. His voice is barely audible, and he needs Scout's assistance to
get him safely home. When he arrives home, he simply releases Scout's hand, goes inside, and
shuts the door. Scout never sees him again.

Boo is a great mystery who proves
to be Scout's hero in the end. Although he is not physically seen until the final pages, his
character is a constant background story in the children's lives.