You can't say, 'This is just a stage' when its important to people what they're feeling. Maybe he'll outgrow it someday but right now it's important.
Well, you're real brave, real stupid, or real lucky.
They grew up on the outside of society. They weren't looking for a fight. They were looking to belong.
That was the first time I realized the extent of Johnny's hero-worship for Dally Winston. Of all of us, Dally was the one I liked least. He didn't have Soda's understanding or dash, or Two-Bit's humor...
Race you, I challenged, leaping up. It was a real nice night for a race. The air was clear and cold and so clean it almost sparkled. The moon wasn't out but the stars lit up everything. It was quiet e...
Quiero decir, joder, Johnny, tienes a toda la pandilla.—No es lo mismo que tener a los tuyos cuidándote —dijo Johnny simplemente—. Es que no es lo mismo.
Get smart and nothing can touch you.
But that day...well, Soda can't sit still long enough to enjoy a movie, much less a sermon. It wasn't long before he and Steve and Two-Bit were throwing paper wads at each other and clowning around, a...
Were running down his cheeks. I hadn’t seen him cry in years, not even when Mom and Dad had been killed. (I remembered the funeral. I had sobbed in spite of myself; Soda had broken down and bawled lik...
You still have a lot of time to make yourself be what you want. There's still a lot of good in the world.
When you're a kid, everything's new, dawn. It's just when you get used to everything that it's day. Like the way you dig sunsets, Pony. That's gold. Keep that way, it's a good way to be.
Ponyboy, I asked the nurse to give you this book so you could finish it. The doctor came in a while ago but I knew anyway. I keep getting tireder and tireder. Listen, I don't mind dying now. It’s wort...
It's okay. We aren't in the same class. Just don't forget that some of us watch the sunset too.
I really do like listening to stuff that's happened to other people. I guess that's why I like to read.
I am a greaser. I am a JD and a hood. I blacken the name of our fair city. I beat up people. I rob gas stations. I am a menace to society. Man do I have fun!
A guy that'll really listen to you, listen and care about what you're saying, is something rare.
Yeah, I said. And I'm gonna look just like him.The black cat paused and looked me over.No you ain't baby. That cat is a prince, man. He is royalty in exile. You ain't never gonna look like that.
There was a silent moment when everything held its breath, and then the sun rose.
Ponyboy, listen, don't get tough. You're not like the rest of us and don't try to be...What was the matter with Two-Bit? I knew as well as he did that if you got tough you didn't get hurt. Get smart a...
Nature's first green is gold, Her hardest hue to hold. Her early leaf's a flower; But only so an hour. Then leaf subsides to leaf. So Eden sank to grief, So dawn goes down to day. Nothing gold can sta...