"Darry is twenty and he doesn't have time to be a hero."Family
"Nothing gold can stay."Change
"It was the first time I could ever remember being sick like this."Health
"That's why we like sunsets, I think. It's the day dying, the night following darkness."Beauty
"Maybe we were destined to get Jumped that night."
"I'm not sure if I'm a monster or if I'm just human."Philosophy
"The greasers and the socs don't understand each other."
"Cherry wasn't just another soc."Relationships
"I could see in Two-Bit's dark eyes that he was crazy."
"Sodapop loved action."
"That Johnny was a hero is probably the most ridiculous thing you ever heard."
"I don't know if I'm really a hood."
"Dallas needs a friend and I'm gonna be it."Friendship
"Everything that happens is someone's fault."Justice
"I should be grateful."Gratitude
"I'm just a greaser and I always will be."
"Life's just not fair."Wisdom
"I wanted to die."
"Soda never gets in trouble."
"Darry hit me."
"I can't take much more of this."
"Two-Bit was always making jokes."Humor
"It's funny what you remember."
"I'm sorry I ever let you down."
"I could never look at life the same way."
"There's a lot more to life than just greasers and socs."Wisdom
"I lie to myself all the time. But I never believe me."Truth
"Greasers will still be greasers and Socs will still be Socs."Life
"It seemed funny to me that the sunset she saw from her house and the one I saw from mine was the same one."
"I had almost forgotten that there was a whole world outside the gang."