S.E. Hinton

“If you want to see something funny, it's a tough hood sticking his tongue out at his big brother.”

— S.E. Hinton

“I'm not saying that either Socs or greasers are better; that's just the way things are.”

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“No quiero morir ahora. No ha sido suficiente tiempo. Dieciséis años no son suficiente tiempo. No me importaría tanto si no hubiese…

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“He'll have to do without me, Jamie thought, not looking back. And then clearly, as if he'd been told, he knew Grenville…

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“I could fall in love with Dallas Winston," she said. "I hope I never see him again, or I will.”

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“It's not just money. Part of it is, but not all. You greasers have a different set of values. You're more emotional.…

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“It seemed funny to me that the sunset she saw from her patio and the one I saw from the back steps…

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“We gotta do it for Johnny...Let's do it for Johnny!”

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“Greaser ' didn't have anything to do with it. My buddy over there wouldn't have done it. Maybe you would have done…

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“Just don't forget that some of us watch the sunset too.”

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“You are in love with Sandy?" What's it like?" "Hhhmmm." He sighed happily. "It's real nice.”

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“Yeah," I said. "And I'm gonna look just like him." The black cat paused and looked me over. "No you ain't baby.…

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“He meant you are gold when you're a kid, like green. When you're a kid everything is new, dawn. It's just. Like…

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“We're almost as close as brothers; when you grow up in a tight-knit neighborhood like ours you get to know each other…

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“They weren't looking for a fight, they were looking to fit in.”

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“It goes so fast, he thought, they don't tell you that, how fast it goes...”

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“Soda was glaring at him. “Leave my kid brother alone, you hear? It ain’t his fault he likes to go to the…

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“Mason is ambidextrous. That means that he can use either his right or left hand. For some reason, when I was little,…

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“Greaser...greaser...greaser...” Steve singsonged. “O victim of environment, underprivileged, rotten, no-count hood!”

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“That's why we're separated,'I said. 'It's not money, it's feeling- you don't feel anything, and we feel too violently.”

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“Some people go, some people stay. I'm staying.”

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“... Your back was in flames, that's why!" I was surprised. "It was? Golly, I didn't feel it! It don't hurt.”

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“My stomach gave a violent start and turned into a hunk of ice. The world was spinning around me, and blobs of…

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“...no es cuestión de dejar de vivir solo porque hayas perdido a alguien.”

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“Stay gold, Ponyboy. Stay gold . . .” The pillow seemed to sink a little, and Johnny died.”

— S.E. Hinton