“I can't use my left hand at all. I got it caught in a cotton gin when...” – Tom Robinson, To Kill a Mockingbird ... Movie Quotes Database

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A scene from To Kill a Mockingbird 1962

Tom Robinson Brock Peters

I can't use my left hand at all. I got it caught in a cotton gin when I was twelve years old. All my muscles were tore loose.

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Tom Robinson Seemed like every time I passed by yonder, she'd have some little somethin' for me to do, choppin' kindlin', and totin' water for her. Maudie Atkinson He can do plenty of things...He can make somebody's will so airtight you can't break it. You count your blessings and stop complaining, both of you. Thank your stars he has the sense to act his age. Maudie Atkinson There are some men in this world who are born to do our unpleasant jobs for us. Your father's one of them.