The Outsiders

Book · 5 characters · 534 quotes · 1967

Quotes from The Outsiders

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"I'm tired of all this fighting."
Ponyboy Curtis Peace
J
"You can't have loyalty without understanding."
Johnny Cade Friendship
S
"I've got to stop going my own way."
Sodapop Curtis
P
"I want to be a teacher."
Ponyboy Curtis Education
D
"I'm a greaser, it's my life."
Dallas Winston
P
"You don't understand anything."
Ponyboy Curtis
P
"I can't take much more of this."
Ponyboy Curtis
J
"I had grown tired of running."
Johnny Cade Perseverance
J
"That's why we can talk to each other."
Johnny Cade
S
"I swear, Ponyboy, you're going to drive me crazy."
Sodapop Curtis
D
"I'm not going to let my temper run away with me like that anymore."
Darry Curtis
P
"I wanted nothing to do with the fighting."
Ponyboy Curtis Courage
D
"We're all we got left."
Darry Curtis Family
P
"I liked it better when we were all asleep."
Ponyboy Curtis Peace
J
"You are a dreamer, not a fighter."
Johnny Cade Dreams
P
"I'm definitely a night-time person."
Ponyboy Curtis
S
"I'm not going to be like the old man."
Sodapop Curtis
S
"We're all pretty emotional, I guess."
Sodapop Curtis Relationships
P
"I had just come to accept that I was a greaser and would always be inferior."
Ponyboy Curtis
P
"Greasers will still be greasers and Socs will still be Socs."
Ponyboy Curtis
P
"I lie to myself all the time. But I never believe me."
Ponyboy Curtis Truth
J
"Stay gold, Ponyboy. Stay gold."
Johnny Cade Hope
P
"We're all pretty good-looking guys. I suppose."
Ponyboy Curtis Beauty
J
"I'm just a boy. I didn't ask for trouble."
Johnny Cade Fear
D
"You get hardened or bitter. There's not much middle ground."
Dallas Winston Life
J
"There's still lots of good in the world. I remember now. I have to make up for all the running I've been doing."
Johnny Cade Hope
S
"Nobody's gonna want a sixteen-year-old busboy."
Sodapop Curtis Work
S
"I'm not going to be like I was before. I'm going to be better."
Sodapop Curtis Change
P
"It seemed funny to me that the sunset she saw from the jail was just as pretty as the sunset we saw from the vacant lot."
Ponyboy Curtis Beauty
P
"I lie to myself all the time. But I never believe me."
Ponyboy Curtis Truth