Ponyboy Curtis

"I lie to myself all the time. But I never believe me."

"It seemed funny to me that the sunset she saw from her patio and the one I saw from the street didn't look any different."

"I didn't realize how much I loved him because I never had to let him down."

"I had the same sort of helpless feeling that I had had in the hospital."

"I don't know how to say goodbye."

"A thing of beauty is a joy forever."

"I'm scared to get old."

"I was becoming bitter."

"I was wrong. I was the crazy one."

"Darry's a real person."

"I was really scared."

"That was the real Dally."

"I realized I wanted to do something with my life."

"We were separated by the kind of invisible line that divides upper and lower classes."

"I wanted someone to understand my feelings."

"Cherry liked sunsets too."

"You can't believe everything you hear."

"I belonged to the system."

"I'm not going anywhere until they understand."

"That's the way it is with the Greasers."

"Sodapop never belonged anywhere completely."

"I loved him."

"You're my brother and I love you."

"We're all alone."

"I lie to myself all the time. But I never believe me."

"I have this theory that you go through high school."

"We're all pretty emotional."

"I never knew what a drag it was to have to split up the family until the gang started to change."

"Maybe the two different worlds we lived in were too far apart."

"I was wrong. I could see that now."