Best S E Hinton Sayings
- I wish I was a kid again, when I had all the answers. All
- I've been thinking about it, and that poem, that guy that wrote it, he meant you're gold when you're a kid, like green. When you're… Been
- You still have a lot of time to make yourself be what you want. There's still lots of good in the world. Tell Dally. I… Dally
- You take up for your buddies, no matter what they do. When you're a gang, you stick up for the members. If you don't stick… Anymore
- What's the safest thing to be when one is met by a gang of social outcasts in an alley? ...No, another social outcast! Alley
- ...people get hurt in rumbles, maybe killed. I'm sick of it because it doesn't do any good. You can't win...even if you whip us. You'll… All
- Things were rough all over, but it was better that way. That way you could tell the other guy was human too. All
- There isn't any real good reason for fighting except self-defense. Any
- That's why people don't ever think to blame the Socs and are always ready to jump on us. We look hoody and they look decent.… All
- They used to be buddies, I thought, they used to be friends, and now they hate each other because one has to work for a… Buddies
- Your mother is not crazy. Neither, contrary to popular belief, is your brother. He is merely miscast in a play. He would have made the… Ability
- Some are going, some are staying....i'm in between. Funny
- California is like a beautiful wild kid on heroin, high as a kite and thinking she's on top of the world, not knowing she's dying,… Beautiful
- I didn't think much about that statement then. But later I would-I still do. I think about it and think about it until I think… Crazy
- ... Hey, I didn't know you didn't like baloney." I went cold. "I don't like it. I never liked it." Soda just looked at me.… Baloney
- You know a guy a longtime, and I mean really know him, you don't get used to the idea that he's dead just overnight. Dead
- He died violent and young and desperate, just like we all knew he'd die someday. All
- He sure put things into words good. Funny
- Maybe the two different worlds we lived in weren't so different. We saw the same sunset. Different Worlds
- Y'all were heroes from the beginning. You just didn't 'turn' all of a sudden All
- Suddenly it wasn't only a personal thing to me. I could picture hundreds and hundreds of boys living on the wrong sides of cities, boys… Ached
- Rat race is the perfect name for it,' she said. 'We're always going and going and going, and never asking where. Did you ever hear… Always Going
- I had it then. Soda fought for fun, Steve for hatred, Darry for pride, and Two-Bit for conformity. Why do I fight? I thought, and… Any
- You know the rules. No jazz before a rumble. Inspirational
- ...I knew he would be dead, because Dally Winston wanted to be dead and he always got what he wanted. Always Got