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S.E. Hinton quotes: Nothing sparkly can stay. Nothing sparkly can stay.
S.E. Hinton quotes: We couldn't get along without him. We needed Johnny as much as he needed the gang. And for the same reason. We couldn't get along without him. We needed Johnny as much as he needed the gang. And for the same reason.
S.E. Hinton quotes: They weren't looking for a fight, they were looking to fit in. They weren't looking for a fight, they were looking to fit in.
S.E. Hinton quotes: Stay gold Ponyboy. Stay gold.--Johnny quoting Robert Frost Stay gold Ponyboy. Stay gold.

--Johnny quoting Robert Frost
S.E. Hinton quotes: We saw the same sunset. We saw the same sunset.
S.E. Hinton quotes: You know the rules. No jazz before a rumble. You know the rules. No jazz before a rumble.
S.E. Hinton quotes: He sure put things into words good. He sure put things into words good.
S.E. Hinton quotes: I think that 'The Outsiders' was meant to be written, and I was just picked to write it. I think that 'The Outsiders' was meant to be written, and I was just picked to write it.
S.E. Hinton quotes: Okay greasers,you've had it. Okay greasers,you've had it.
S.E. Hinton quotes: Greaser ... greaser ... greaser ... " Steve singsonged. "O victim of environment, underprivileged, rotten, no-count hood! Greaser ... greaser ... greaser ... " Steve singsonged. "O victim of environment, underprivileged, rotten, no-count hood!
S.E. Hinton quotes: You know what the crummiest feeling you can have is? To hate the person you love the best in the world. You know what the crummiest feeling you can have is? To hate the person you love the best in the world.
S.E. Hinton quotes: 'The Outsiders' died on the vine being sold as a drugstore paperback. 'The Outsiders' died on the vine being sold as a drugstore paperback.
S.E. Hinton quotes: You oughta see Kathy's brother. Now there's a hood. He's so greasy he glides when he walks. He goes to the barber for an oil change, not a haircut. You oughta see Kathy's brother. Now there's a hood. He's so greasy he glides when he walks. He goes to the barber for an oil change, not a haircut.
S.E. Hinton quotes: Oh, glory," I said with a groan, "this is all I need to top off a perfect night" I took one last drag on my weed and ground the stub Oh, glory," I said with a groan, "this is all I need to top off a perfect night" I took one last drag on my weed and ground the stub under my heel
S.E. Hinton quotes: Movies can't ruin books. They can only ruin movies. Movies can't ruin books. They can only ruin movies.
S.E. Hinton quotes: I go straight from thinking about my narrator to being him. I go straight from thinking about my narrator to being him.
S.E. Hinton quotes: I used to be sure of things. Me, once i had all the answers. I wish i was a kid again, when i had all the answers I used to be sure of things. Me, once i had all the answers. I wish i was a kid again, when i had all the answers
S.E. Hinton quotes: You read a lot, don't you, Ponyboy?"I was startled. "Yeah, why?""I could just tell. I'll bet you watch sunsets, too. You read a lot, don't you, Ponyboy?"
I was startled. "Yeah, why?"
"I could just tell. I'll bet you watch sunsets, too.
S.E. Hinton quotes: 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. 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.
S.E. Hinton quotes: My characters are fictional. I get ideas from real people, sometimes, but my characters always exist only in my head. My characters are fictional. I get ideas from real people, sometimes, but my characters always exist only in my head.
S.E. Hinton quotes: let's do it for Johnny let's do it for Johnny
S.E. Hinton quotes: If you enjoy reading something, read it. If you enjoy reading something, read it.
S.E. Hinton quotes: He died violent and young and desperate, just like we all knew he'd die someday. He died violent and young and desperate, just like we all knew he'd die someday.
S.E. Hinton quotes: My boyfriend suggested I write two pages a day. He wouldn't take me out if I hadn't done my two pages. That's how I wrote my second novel. My boyfriend suggested I write two pages a day. He wouldn't take me out if I hadn't done my two pages. That's how I wrote my second novel.
S.E. Hinton quotes: I like having a private name and a public name. It helps keep things straight. I like having a private name and a public name. It helps keep things straight.
S.E. Hinton quotes: I don't know why I go to school unless for kicks, oh well might as well do dissect a frog. I don't know why I go to school unless for kicks, oh well might as well do dissect a frog.
S.E. Hinton quotes: Maybe people are younger when they sleep. Maybe people are younger when they sleep.
S.E. Hinton quotes: It's okay. We aren't in the same class. Just don't forget that some of us watch the sunset too. It's okay. We aren't in the same class. Just don't forget that some of us watch the sunset too.
S.E. Hinton quotes: Sometimes, I feel like I spent the first part of my life wishing to be a teen-age boy, and the second part condemned to being one. Sometimes, I feel like I spent the first part of my life wishing to be a teen-age boy, and the second part condemned to being one.
S.E. Hinton quotes: 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 ... 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 quotes: I never base a character on someone I know. You can get ideas from real life, but every character you write is some aspect of yourself. I never base a character on someone I know. You can get ideas from real life, but every character you write is some aspect of yourself.
S.E. Hinton quotes: I could never understand people being scared of things they didn't know nothing about. I could never understand people being scared of things they didn't know nothing about.
S.E. Hinton quotes: What's the safest thing to be when one is met by a gang of social outcasts in an alley? ... No, another social outcast! What's the safest thing to be when one is met by a gang of social outcasts in an alley? ... No, another social outcast!
S.E. Hinton quotes: I was desperate for something to read that dealt realistically with teenage life, and I thought others might be, too. I was desperate for something to read that dealt realistically with teenage life, and I thought others might be, too.
S.E. Hinton quotes: Don't you know a rumble ain't a rumble unless I'm in it? Don't you know a rumble ain't a rumble unless I'm in it?
S.E. Hinton quotes: It ain't fair that we have all the rough breaks! It ain't fair that we have all the rough breaks!
S.E. Hinton quotes: why do you like fights Darry~PonyboyHe just likes to show off his muscles~Sodapop why do you like fights Darry~Ponyboy
He just likes to show off his muscles~Sodapop
S.E. Hinton quotes: Some people go, some people stay. I'm staying. Some people go, some people stay. I'm staying.
S.E. Hinton quotes: They grew up on the outside of society. They weren't looking for a fight. They were looking to belong. They grew up on the outside of society. They weren't looking for a fight. They were looking to belong.
S.E. Hinton quotes: I'm not saying that either Socs or greasers are better; that's just the way things are. I'm not saying that either Socs or greasers are better; that's just the way things are.
S.E. Hinton quotes: Naturally, everything boils down to relationships in my books. Naturally, everything boils down to relationships in my books.
S.E. Hinton quotes: It goes so fast, he thought, they don't tell you that, how fast it goes ... It goes so fast, he thought, they don't tell you that, how fast it goes ...
S.E. Hinton quotes: Juvenile delinquent, you're no good! Darry shouted. Juvenile delinquent, you're no good! Darry shouted.
S.E. Hinton quotes: Can you see the sunset real good on the West side? You can see it on the East side too. Can you see the sunset real good on the West side? You can see it on the East side too.
S.E. Hinton quotes: I learned that if you want to get somewhere, you just make up your mind and work like hell til you get there. I learned that if you want to get somewhere, you just make up your mind and work like hell til you get there.
S.E. Hinton quotes: You dig ok Pony Boy You dig ok Pony Boy
S.E. Hinton quotes: Get smart and nothing can touch you. Get smart and nothing can touch you.
S.E. Hinton quotes: If you want to see something funny, it's a tough hood sticking his tongue out at his big brother. If you want to see something funny, it's a tough hood sticking his tongue out at his big brother.
S.E. Hinton quotes: When I was in high school, the genders were so separate from each other. If you weren't 'dating' somebody, you couldn't just be friends with somebody. When I was in high school, the genders were so separate from each other. If you weren't 'dating' somebody, you couldn't just be friends with somebody.
S.E. Hinton quotes: We gotta do it for Johnny...Let's do it for Johnny! We gotta do it for Johnny...Let's do it for Johnny!
S.E. Hinton quotes: Some are going, some are staying....i'm in between. Some are going, some are staying....i'm in between.
S.E. Hinton quotes: My mother was physically and emotionally abusive. My father was an extremely cold man. My mother was physically and emotionally abusive. My father was an extremely cold man.
S.E. Hinton quotes: 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. 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.
S.E. Hinton quotes: I'm what you might call a Pepsi addict. I'm what you might call a Pepsi addict.
S.E. Hinton quotes: Well, you're real brave, real stupid, or real lucky. Well, you're real brave, real stupid, or real lucky.
S.E. Hinton quotes: The shade of difference that separates a greaser from a hood wasn't present in Dally. The shade of difference that separates a greaser from a hood wasn't present in Dally.
S.E. Hinton quotes: I liked my books and clouds and sunsets. I liked my books and clouds and sunsets.
S.E. Hinton quotes: I grew up here and my friends are here. There's nothing wrong with here. I grew up here and my friends are here. There's nothing wrong with here.
S.E. Hinton quotes: We're almost as close as brothers; when you grow up in a tight-knit neighborhood like ours you get to know each other real well. We're almost as close as brothers; when you grow up in a tight-knit neighborhood like ours you get to know each other real well.
S.E. Hinton quotes: I just felt being part of my peer group so strongly. I was immersed in teen culture, but not taken in by it. I just felt being part of my peer group so strongly. I was immersed in teen culture, but not taken in by it.
S.E. Hinton quotes: Things are rough all over. Things are rough all over.
S.E. Hinton quotes: The difference is that was then, this is now. The difference is that was then, this is now.
S.E. Hinton quotes: All of a sudden it felt like people were peering over my shoulder, wondering what I would write next. I was blocked for four years. All of a sudden it felt like people were peering over my shoulder, wondering what I would write next. I was blocked for four years.
S.E. Hinton quotes: 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 I'm going crazy. 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 I'm going crazy.
S.E. Hinton quotes: I have no idea why I write. The old standards are: I like to express my feelings, stretch my imagination, earn money. I have no idea why I write. The old standards are: I like to express my feelings, stretch my imagination, earn money.
S.E. Hinton quotes: When I see a movie with someone it's kind of uncomfortable. When I see a movie with someone it's kind of uncomfortable.
S.E. Hinton quotes: But if you used to walls all that air can give you the creeps But if you used to walls all that air can give you the creeps
S.E. Hinton quotes: I'm a good judge of my own work. I'm a good judge of my own work.
S.E. Hinton quotes: But we can't be everything we read. But we can't be everything we read.
S.E. Hinton quotes: If people want to find me, they can. They'll see a middle-aged woman wandering around the grocery store, looking to see what to buy for dinner. If people want to find me, they can. They'll see a middle-aged woman wandering around the grocery store, looking to see what to buy for dinner.
S.E. Hinton quotes: Anything you read can influence your work, so I try to read good stuff. Anything you read can influence your work, so I try to read good stuff.
S.E. Hinton quotes: Nothing can wear you out like caring about people Nothing can wear you out like caring about people
S.E. Hinton quotes: Even the most primite societies have an innate resepect for the insane. Even the most primite societies have an innate resepect for the insane.
S.E. Hinton quotes: 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. 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 quotes: I really do like listening to stuff that's happened to other people. I guess that's why I like to read. 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 quotes: If you have two friends in your lifetime, you're lucky. If you have one good friend, you're more than lucky. 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 quotes: You are in love with Sandy?" What's it like?""Hhhmmm." He sighed happily. "It's real nice. You are in love with Sandy?" What's it like?"
"Hhhmmm." He sighed happily. "It's real nice.
S.E. Hinton quotes: If you're going to lead people, you've got to have somewhere to go. If you're going to lead people, you've got to have somewhere to go.
S.E. Hinton quotes: I was a tomboy and most of my close friends were male. I was a tomboy and most of my close friends were male.
S.E. Hinton quotes: I always try to write the best I can. I always try to write the best I can.
S.E. Hinton quotes: I could write and help a lot of kids, or teach and help a few and go nuts. I could write and help a lot of kids, or teach and help a few and go nuts.
S.E. Hinton quotes: My husband and I get along great. We're both introverts, and it's hard to make new friends. My husband and I get along great. We're both introverts, and it's hard to make new friends.
S.E. Hinton quotes: Dally was so real he scared me. Dally was so real he scared me.
S.E. Hinton quotes: Stay gold Ponyboy, Stay gold Ponyboy,
S.E. Hinton quotes: I find it to be easier to write from a man's point of view. I find it to be easier to write from a man's point of view.
S.E. Hinton quotes: Stay gold, Ponyboy. Stay gold . . . The pillow seemed to sink a little, and Johnny died. You read about people looking Stay gold, Ponyboy. Stay gold . . . The pillow seemed to sink a little, and Johnny died. You read about people looking
S.E. Hinton quotes: All my life I wanted somebody who knew more than I did to tell me the truth. All my life I wanted somebody who knew more than I did to tell me the truth.
S.E. Hinton quotes: But I've never regretted it. You can't regret experience. But I've never regretted it. You can't regret experience.
S.E. Hinton quotes: the person in this picture is really me. the person in this picture is really me.
S.E. Hinton quotes: Stay gold, Ponyboy. Stay gold... - Johnny to Ponyboy Stay gold, Ponyboy. Stay gold...

- Johnny to Ponyboy
S.E. Hinton quotes: In the daytime you aren't afraid of anything. In the daytime you aren't afraid of anything.
S.E. Hinton quotes: It was cliche, he knew, but he meant it classic. It was cliche, he knew, but he meant it classic.
S.E. Hinton quotes: I lie to myself all the time. But I never believe me. I lie to myself all the time. But I never believe me.
S.E. Hinton quotes: 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 don't think he knows. 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 don't think he knows.
S.E. Hinton quotes: You get tough like me and you don't get hurt. You look out for yourself and nothin' can touch you ... You get tough like me and you don't get hurt. You look out for yourself and nothin' can touch you ...
S.E. Hinton quotes: Y'all were heroes from the beginning. You just didn't 'turn' all of a sudden Y'all were heroes from the beginning. You just didn't 'turn' all of a sudden
S.E. Hinton quotes: Writer's were supposed to be a litte crazy Writer's were supposed to be a litte crazy
S.E. Hinton quotes: I gotta cut smoking or I'll never make track next year I gotta cut smoking or I'll never make track next year
S.E. Hinton quotes: I advise writing to oneself. If you don't want to read it, nobody else is going to read it. I advise writing to oneself. If you don't want to read it, nobody else is going to read it.
S.E. Hinton quotes: Things were rough all over, but it was better that way. That way you could tell the other guy was human too. Things were rough all over, but it was better that way. That way you could tell the other guy was human too.

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