Sodapop Curtis

"That's the way it is with brothers."

"What I really meant was, I don't ever want to see you in front of that mirror again."

"I'll go get your spare set."

"You still have a lot of time to think about stuff like that. Don't start running from it now."

"Being a greaser, that's just the way things are."

"We're all we got left."

"How'd you like that jacket and those wheels?"

"We're all pretty much alone."

"I was supposed to be the tough one."

"We're different colors from them."

"I never wanted to be a Greaser."

"Things don't have to end badly."

"I had to be myself."

"We're all pretty bad."

"We'll always be greasers."

"We'll get somewhere."

"That was the only thing I could do."

"Maybe things will be different."

"We're all pretty much alone."

"We're all sensitive."

"Darry's a pretty cool guy."

"Nothing is ever as bad as it seems beforehand."

"I'm fifteen years old. I'm a Junior in high school. I drive a 1961 Corvette Sting Ray."

"I am my father's son, after all."

"That was the only good thing that came out of that mess."

"You still have a lot of time to think about stuff and figure out what you want to do with your life."

"I am a greaser. I couldn't be anything else even if I wanted to be."

"Sixteen years on the streets and I learned that the hard way."

"I had to be the strong one. The good one. The dependable one."

"Things are rough all over."