Here my favourite quotes from the book “The Outsiders” by S.E.Hinton:
“Johnny, you don’t know what a few months in jail can do to you, man. You get mean in jail, I just don’t wanna see that happen to you like it happened to me, man. Understand?” -Dallas Winston
“They grew up on the outside of society. They weren’t looking for a fight. They were looking to belong.” -Ponyboy Curtis
“You can’t win. You know that, don’t you? It doesn’t matter if you whip us, you’ll still be where you were before, at the bottom. And we’ll still be the lucky ones at the top with all the breaks. It doesn’t matter. Greasers will still be Greasers and Socs will still be Socs. It doesn’t matter.”-Randy
“Stay gold, Ponyboy, stay gold.” -Johnny Cade
“You get tough like me and you don’t get hurt. You look out for yourself and nothin’ can touch you…” -Dally
“Sixteen years on the streets and you can learn a lot. But all the wrong things, not the things you want to learn. Sixteen years on the streets and you see a lot. But all the wrong sights, not the things you want to see.” -Ponyboy
“They grew up on the outside of society. They weren’t looking for a fight. They were looking to belong.” -Ponyboy
“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!” -Sodapop
“Greaser…greaser…greaser… O victim of environment, underprivileged, rotten, no-count hood!”-Steve
“Things are rough all over.” -Cherry
“He died violent and young and desperate, just like we all knew he’d die someday.” -Ponyboy
“Useless… fighting’s no good…” -Johnny
“You know a guy a long time, and I mean really know him, you don’t get used to the idea that he’s dead just overnight.” -Ponyboy
“I knew he would be dead, because Dally Winston wanted to be dead and he always got what he wanted.” -Ponyboy
“Let’s do it for Johnny, man. We’ll do it for Johnny!”-Dally
“Tough and tuff are two different words. Tough is the same as rough; tuff means cool, sharp–like a tuff-looking Mustang or a tuff record.”-Ponyboy
“Tonight we could be proud of it. Greasers may not have much, but they have a rep. That and long hair.”-Ponyboy
“I hope I never see Dallas Winston again. If I do I’d… probably fall in love with him.”-Cherry
“Don’t you know a rumble ain’t a rumble without me?”-Dally
“Johnny’s dead. Told him about beating the socs, I don’t know. He just died. Told me to stay gold. Dally’s gone. He couldn’t take it, he’s going to blow!”-Ponyboy
“If it hadn’t been for the gang, Johnny would never have known what love and affection are.” -Ponyboy
“Listen, I don’t mind dying now. It’s worth it. It’s worth saving those kids. Their lives are worth more than mine, they have more to live for.” -Johnny
“Get outa there! That roof’s gonna cave in any minute. Forget those blasted kids!” -Dally