Samantha Berky > Samantha's Quotes

“Stay gold, Ponyboy. Stay gold . . .” The pillow seemed to sink a little, and Johnny died.”
― S.E. Hinton, The Outsiders

“I lie to myself all the time. But I never believe me.”
― S.E. Hinton, The Outsiders

“It seemed funny to me that the sunset she saw from her patio and the one I saw from the back steps was the same one. Maybe the two different worlds we lived in weren't so different. We saw the same sunset.”
― S.E. Hinton, The Outsiders

“Things are rough all over.”
― S.E. Hinton, The Outsiders

“Get smart and nothing can touch you.”
― S.E. Hinton, The Outsiders

“Dally was so real he scared me.”
― S.E. Hinton, The Outsiders

“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 and nothing can touch you...
"What in the world are you doing?" Two-Bit's voice broke into my thoughts.
I looked up at him. "Picking up the glass."
He stared at me for a second, then grinned. "You little sonofagun," he said in a relieved voice. I didn't know what he was talking about, so I just went on picking up the glass from the bottle end and put it in a trash can. I didn't want anyone to get a flat tire.”
― S.E. Hinton, The Outsiders

“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.”
― S. E. Hinton, The Outsiders

“Nothing can wear you out like caring about people.”
― S.E. Hinton, That Was Then, This Is Now

“You know what the crummiest feeling you can have is? To hate the person you love the best in the world.”
― S.E. Hinton, That Was Then, This Is Now

“The difference is that was then, this is now.”
― S.E. Hinton, That Was Then, This Is Now

“I wish I was a kid again, when I had all the answers.”
― S.E. Hinton, That Was Then, This Is Now

“I really do like listening to stuff that's happened to other people. I guess that's why I like to read.”
― S.E. Hinton, That Was Then, This Is Now

“I guess I just couldn't see standing there -- alive, talking, thinking, breathing, being -- one second, and dead the next. It really bothered me. Death by violence isn't the same as dying any other way, accident or disease or old age. It just ain't the same.”
― S.E. Hinton, That Was Then, This Is Now

“It's funny how you don't think about people until after they're dead. Or gone.”
― S.E. Hinton, That Was Then, This Is Now

“The difference is,” I said evenly, “that was then, and this is now.”
― S.E. Hinton, That Was Then, This is Now

“Like a friend once said to me, that was then, this is now.”
― S.E. Hinton, That Was Then, This Is Now

“You know what the crummiest feeling you can have is? To hate the person you love best in the world.”
― S.E. Hinton, That Was Then, This is Now

“It's pretty lousy to have the two people you care about most hate each other.”
― S.E. Hinton, That Was Then, This Is Now

“If you have two friends in your lifetime, you’re lucky. If you have one good friend, you’re more than lucky.”
― S.E. Hinton, That Was Then, This is Now