Ponyboy Curtis

"It seemed funny to me that the sunset she saw from her patio and the one I saw from the vacant lot weren't the same."

"I don't care about money. I just want to see my brothers."

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

"I didn't want to think. I just wanted to feel."

"I'm not going to be the same after this."

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

"It seemed funny to me that the sunset she saw from her house and the one I saw from mine was the same one."

"We're all pretty emotional, but then, we have been for a long time now."

"We're not in a gang of shoplifters or car thieves."

"Cherry Valance was a real person now, not just a Soc."

"Couldn't he see that his anger was going to destroy him?"

"I felt the warm spray on my face and the cool water on my back."

"Sometimes I think it just happens and there's nothing anyone can do about it."

"I could have listened to them forever."

"There's a lot of wrong things going on right now, but I'm not going to cry."

"That was the thing about Sodapop. He understood."

"It was strange to be able to talk about books and plays without feeling like a coward."

"I wanted to be gone as far away as possible."

"His eyes were like ice. Cold and dark."

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

"I'm a greaser. It's not like I'm a Beatle or something."

"We're all pretty bad, but we're not criminals."

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

"I'm seventeen years old. I've seen a lot of things in my lifetime."

"We were all crying."

"I'm going to write about it."

"I'm happy, even if I'm scared."

"That was the night everything changed."

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

"I'm a greaser and Socs are too... but I'm different."