S. E. Hinton > Quotes

“Easy, Ponyboy, They ain't gonna hurt you no more." - Sodapop Curtis”
― S. E. Hinton, The Outsiders

“Just don't forget that some of us watch the sunset too.”
― S. E. Hinton, The Outsiders

“When I stepped out into the bright sunlight from the darkness of the movie house, I had only two things on my mind: Paul Newman and a ride home”
― S. E. Hinton, The Outsiders

“You still have a lot of time to make yourself be what you want. There's still a lot of good in the world. Tell Dally. I don't think he knows. Your buddy, Johnny.”
― S. E. Hinton, The Outsiders

“When I stepped out into the bright sunlight from the darkness of the movie house, I had only two things on my mind: Paul Newman and a ride home.”
― S. E. Hinton, The Outsiders

“stay gold”
― S. E. Hinton, The Outsiders

“We're all we've got left. We ought to be able to stick together against everything. If we don't have each other, we don't have anything. If you don't have anything, you end up like Dallas... and I don't mean dead, either. I mean like he was before. And that's worse than dead.”
― S. E. Hinton, The Outsiders

“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 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”
― S. E. Hinton, The Outsiders

“Johnny almost grinned as he nodded. "Tuff enough," he managed, and by the way his eyes were glowing, I figured Southern gentlemen had nothing on Johnny Cade.”
― S. E. Hinton, The Outsiders

“You still have a lot of time to make yourself be what you want. There's still a lot of good in the world. Tell Dally. I don't think he knows. You buddy, Johnny.”
― S. E. Hinton

“Stay gold, Ponyboy. Stay gold.”
― S. E. Hinton

“...But I gotta do something. It seems like there's gotta be someplace without greasers or Socs, with just people. Plain ordinary people.”
― S. E. Hinton, The Outsiders

“An acute perception does not make you crazy. However, sometimes it drives you crazy.”
― S. E. Hinton

“If it hadn’t been for the gang, Johnny would never have known what love and affection are.”
― S. E. Hinton, The Outsiders