Home » Quote » Harper Lee » „Tom was a dead man the minute Mayella Ewell opened her mouth and screamed.“ „Tom was a dead man the minute Mayella Ewell opened her mouth and screamed.“ — Harper Lee Tags:Dead Related quotes „madam," the man cried, leaping to the ground, "you're hurt!" "I'm dead, sir!" she replied. A few minutes later, they became engaged.“ — Virginia Woolf „any live man is better than any dead man but no live or dead man is very much better than any other live or dead man“ — William Faulkner