That Was Then, This is Now

by S.E. Hinton

“I don’t think you know Ponyboy Curtis—this is Cathy Carlson.”

“The difference is,” I said evenly, “that was then, and this is now.”

“She liked you better than anybody,” he said. “I know it. She’s dating some guy named Ponyboy Curtis now. She likes him O.K. too.”

The Outsiders made you feel. That Was Then, This Is Now will make you think. —S. E. Hinton, November 2007