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

This quote is attributed to Ponyboy Curtis.

I wanted to be just like him, but I was a coward. - Ponyboy Curtis

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

Ponyboy Curtis

Character in The Outsiders

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

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"I had the same sort of helpless feeling that I had had in the hospital."