The Outsiders

Book · 5 characters · 534 quotes · 1967

Quotes from The Outsiders

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"I realized I wanted to do something with my life."
Ponyboy Curtis Dreams
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"That was the real Dally."
Ponyboy Curtis Friendship
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"I was really scared."
Ponyboy Curtis Fear
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"Darry's a real person."
Ponyboy Curtis Family
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"I don't care how tough you are or what's happened to you."
Johnny Cade Kindness
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"I was wrong. I was the crazy one."
Ponyboy Curtis Truth
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"I wanted to be someone like those who went to school to me, not someone to be avoided."
Johnny Cade Dreams
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"There are things we can't help."
Darry Curtis Wisdom
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"You want to know something? I'm scared."
Johnny Cade Fear
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"I was becoming bitter."
Ponyboy Curtis
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"What I really meant was, I don't ever want to see you in front of that mirror again."
Sodapop Curtis
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"We're all pretty much alike, when you come right down to it."
Johnny Cade Wisdom
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"I'm scared to get old."
Ponyboy Curtis Fear
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"A thing of beauty is a joy forever."
Ponyboy Curtis Beauty
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"Running away doesn't solve anything."
Darry Curtis Wisdom
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"That's the way it is with brothers."
Sodapop Curtis Family
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"I don't know how to say goodbye."
Ponyboy Curtis
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"I had the same sort of helpless feeling that I had had in the hospital."
Ponyboy Curtis
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"You still have a lot of time."
Johnny Cade Hope
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"I had always wanted to be a hero."
Johnny Cade Dreams
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"I didn't realize how much I loved him because I never had to let him down."
Ponyboy Curtis Family
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"It seemed funny to me that the sunset she saw from her patio and the one I saw from the street didn't look any different."
Ponyboy Curtis 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