The Outsiders

Book · 5 characters · 534 quotes · 1967

Quotes from The Outsiders

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"You can't just walk around doing whatever you feel like."
Darry Curtis
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"Darry is hard on me, I think."
Sodapop Curtis Family
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"It seemed funny that the sunset she saw from sick bay was the same sunset I saw from my porch."
Ponyboy Curtis
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"I had just as much chance of being a hero as I had of being a movie star."
Ponyboy Curtis Dreams
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"Greasers will still be greasers and Socs will still be Socs."
Sodapop Curtis
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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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"The Outsiders don't have anybody on our side."
Johnny Cade
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"I swear, Ponyboy, you're going to drive us all crazy."
Sodapop Curtis
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"Maybe we should run away to the country."
Ponyboy Curtis
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"I hated it. I hated being a greaser."
Ponyboy Curtis
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"I've never asked you for much, have I?"
Darry Curtis Family
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"I knew we were in for a rough time."
Ponyboy Curtis
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"He was trying too hard and that's probably why he looked so hard."
Ponyboy Curtis
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"I don't know what to believe anymore."
Ponyboy Curtis
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"Socs bleed just like we do."
Johnny Cade
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"I'm a greaser. That's what people are going to think of me no matter what I do."
Ponyboy Curtis
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"Cherry Valance had hair so red it looked almost unreal."
Ponyboy Curtis Beauty
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"We're all pretty emotional people."
Sodapop Curtis Relationships
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"I wanted to be gallant and cool like Dally."
Ponyboy Curtis
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"Darry's got eyes that are cold and hard and dark with maturity."
Ponyboy Curtis Strength
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"Maybe the two different worlds we lived in weren't so different."
Ponyboy Curtis
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"I am a greaser. I have no parents."
Sodapop Curtis
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"It was a funny thing to say, but I didn't laugh."
Ponyboy Curtis Humor
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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
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"It was a hard thing to understand, and I probably never would."
Ponyboy Curtis Knowledge
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"You don't understand anything that's going on, if you think Socs are just guys in Madras shirts and khakis."
Darry Curtis Wisdom
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"I had to be tough."
Ponyboy Curtis Strength
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"Greasers will still be greasers and Socs will still be Socs."
Sodapop Curtis