Ponyboy Curtis

"It seemed funny to me that the sunset she saw from her patio and the one I saw from the back of a pickup truck were the same one."

"I had to be tough."

"It was a hard thing to understand, and I probably never would."

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

"It was a funny thing to say, but I didn't laugh."

"Maybe the two different worlds we lived in weren't so different."

"Darry's got eyes that are cold and hard and dark with maturity."

"I wanted to be gallant and cool like Dally."

"Cherry Valance had hair so red it looked almost unreal."

"I'm a greaser. That's what people are going to think of me no matter what I do."

"I don't know what to believe anymore."

"He was trying too hard and that's probably why he looked so hard."

"I knew we were in for a rough time."

"I hated it. I hated being a greaser."

"Maybe we should run away to the country."

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

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

"It seemed funny that the sunset she saw from sick bay was the same sunset I saw from my porch."

"I lie to myself all the time."

"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."

"It's not fair for the country clubs and the Socs."

"The rich kids, they weren't really bad."

"I've been scared stiff."

"I'm the weed in the flower garden."

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

"It seemed like we were always running, always looking back over our shoulders."

"I could see why Soda was so happy all the time."

"Maybe the socs don't have it so great after all. But they'll never know how bad it is to be a greaser."

"I am a greaser. I am a JD and a hood. I blacken the name of our fair city."