Dolphus Raymond Quotes

As Tom Robinson gave his testimony, it came to me that Mayella Ewell must have been the loneliest person in the world. She was even lonelier than Boo Radley, who had not been out of the house in twenty-five years. When Atticus asked had she any friends, she seemed not to know what he meant, then she thought he was making fun of her. She was as sad, I thought, as what Jem called a mixed child: white people wouldn’t have anything to do with her because she lived among pigs; Negroes wouldn’t have anything to do with her because she was white. She couldn’t live like Mr. Dolphus Raymond, who preferred the company of Negroes, because she didn’t own a riverbank and she wasn’t from a fine old family. Nobody said, “That’s just their way,” about the Ewells. Maycomb gave them Christmas baskets, welfare money, and the back of its hand. Tom Robinson was probably the only person who was ever decent to her. But she said he took advantage of her, and when she stood up she looked at him as if he were dirt beneath her feet.

'I try to give 'em a reason, you see. It helps folks if they can latch on to a reason. When I come to town, which is seldom, if I weave a little and drink out of this sack, folks can say Dolphus Raymond's in the clutches of whisky - that's why he won't change his ways. He can't help himself, that's why he lives the way he does . . . it ain't honest but it's mighty helpful to folks.' 'You mean all you drink in that sack's Coca Cola? Just plain Coca Cola?' 'Yes, ma'am. . .'

Zašto... ah, misliš, zašto se pretvaram? Pa, to je jednostavno", rekao je. "Nekim se ljudima ne sviđa... moj način življenja. I ja bih mogao reći, neka idu do vraga, baš me briga što im se ne sviđa. Pa i kažem da me nije briga sviđa li im se ili ne, ali ne kažem neka idu do vraga, razumiješ?" Dill i ja smo rekli: "Ne, gospodine." "Pa, pokušavam im dati razlog. Ljudima je lakše ako se za nešto mogu uhvatiti. Kad dođem u grad, što nije često, ako malo teturam i pijem iz ove vrećice, ljudi kažu da je Dolphus Raymond rob viskija, zato se ne može promijeniti. Ne može si pomoći, zato živi onako kako živi." "Ali, to nije iskreno, gospodine Raymond, kad se pretvarate da ste gori nego što već jeste..." "Nije iskreno, ali ljudima pomaže. Među nama, Miss Finch, nisam baš od pića, ali oni nikad, nikad ne bi shvatili da živim onako kako živim jer tako želim živjeti.