Ponyboy Curtis

"I don't know what's worse—losing someone you love to war, or to sickness."

"Darry never walked in the morning sun."

"He was the hardest of all to leave behind."

"Darry is all I've got left now."

"Cherry was trying to tell us something."

"Look at him. Look at him. Look at him!"

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

"Greasers will still be greasers and Socs will still be Socs."

"It's funny how you never really think about it."

"I could get a job and help Darry."

"Being a greaser, you don't have a chance."

"That's what we're always fighting to prove."

"Maybe I could be a writer."

"I hate Socs and I hate them because they're asleep."

"That doesn't make me a traitor."

"We need each other to survive."

"You can't stay in the same place."

"Growing up is rough."

"I realized I had made my choice."

"We're not so different."

"That's where Darry and I differ."

"The rumble doesn't matter now."

"I understand now."

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

"Greasers will still be greasers and Socs will still be Socs."

"I don't know what the big deal is."

"I could see how hard he was trying to understand."

"Maybe the next time you see a grease and a Soc get in a fight, you'll think about it."

"We're poorer than the Socs and the middle class."

"I'm never going to get away from it. My own family."