The Outsiders

Book · 5 characters · 534 quotes · 1967

Quotes from The Outsiders

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"We're different colors from them."
Sodapop Curtis
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"Maybe I could be a writer."
Ponyboy Curtis Dreams
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"I don't mind being inferior to you."
Johnny Cade
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"That's what we're always fighting to prove."
Ponyboy Curtis
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"I had to show them."
Johnny Cade Courage
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"Being a greaser, you don't have a chance."
Ponyboy Curtis Justice
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"I could get a job and help Darry."
Ponyboy Curtis
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"I was supposed to be the tough one."
Sodapop Curtis Strength
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"It's funny how you never really think about it."
Ponyboy Curtis
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"Greasers will still be greasers and Socs will still be Socs."
Ponyboy Curtis
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"We're all pretty much alone."
Sodapop Curtis Solitude
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"I'm not going to be an object of pity."
Dallas Winston
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"There's still lots of good in the world. All you have to do is look for it."
Johnny Cade Wisdom
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"I lie to myself all the time. But I never believe me."
Ponyboy Curtis Truth
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"Stay gold, Ponyboy. Stay gold."
Johnny Cade Hope
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"Look at him. Look at him. Look at him!"
Ponyboy Curtis
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"I never thought I'd be here."
Johnny Cade
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"Cherry was trying to tell us something."
Ponyboy Curtis
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"Darry is all I've got left now."
Ponyboy Curtis Family
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"He was the hardest of all to leave behind."
Ponyboy Curtis Relationships
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"There's still lots of good in the world."
Johnny Cade Hope
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"Stay together though."
Johnny Cade Family
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"You can't go back. All you can do is improve the present."
Johnny Cade Wisdom
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"How'd you like that jacket and those wheels?"
Sodapop Curtis Humor
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"I am a JD and a hood. I blackmail people."
Dallas Winston Truth
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"Darry never walked in the morning sun."
Ponyboy Curtis Time
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"Everything that doesn't come out of you head is just garbage anyway."
Johnny Cade Creativity
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"I don't know what's worse—losing someone you love to war, or to sickness."
Ponyboy Curtis Death
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"I was wrong. I could see that now."
Ponyboy Curtis Wisdom
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"We're all we got left."
Sodapop Curtis Friendship