Ponyboy Curtis

"Outsiders are people who don't have a place anywhere."

"I'm not going to go to jail."

"We were hard and tough."

"I was reckless that night."

"Cherry understood us."

"The church fire was my fault."

"I had to grow up fast."

"Johnny died a hero."

"I'm no hood, I'm just a greaser."

"Sodapop was different from us."

"I had to make a choice."

"I'll remember Johnny forever."

"Being young is hard."

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

"I had just as much chance of being a bum as I had of being a hero."

"I think I like it better when the lights are off."

"All we cared about was staying alive."

"Maybe the Socs in the movie weren't like the Socs I knew."

"We were as close as brothers could be."

"I never knew what it was to be truly happy until then."

"Sometimes I think it's the next morning that's bad."

"The real things are the ones that matter."

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

"Being a greaser, when you're a greaser the first thing that counts is self-preservation."

"It seemed funny to me that the sunset she saw from her house and the one I saw couldn't be much different."

"You can't fake whether you care or not."

"I wanted to be just like him, but I was a coward."

"Sodapop's movie-star handsome, the kind of handsome that's dangerous."

"That was some trick, the way they looked at you."

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