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  • #1
    S.E. Hinton
    “Stay gold, Ponyboy. Stay gold . . .” The pillow seemed to sink a little, and Johnny died.”
    S.E. Hinton, The Outsiders

  • #2
    Trenton Lee Stewart
    “You must remember, family is often born of blood, but it doesn't depend on blood. Nor is it exclusive of friendship. Family members can be your best friends, you know. And best friends, whether or not they are related to you, can be your family.”
    Trenton Lee Stewart, The Mysterious Benedict Society

  • #3
    Trenton Lee Stewart
    “Why, then, do you think the white player might have done it?”

    Reynie considered. He imagined himself moving out his knight only to bring it right back to where it started. Why would he ever do such a thing? At last he said, “Perhaps because he doubted himself.”
    Trenton Lee Stewart, The Mysterious Benedict Society

  • #4
    Trenton Lee Stewart
    “Poor Kate,” said Constance, “she’s lost her marbles.”
    Trenton Lee Stewart, The Mysterious Benedict Society

  • #5
    Trenton Lee Stewart
    “Did the men steal the papers?" Reynie asked, fearing her response.
    No, because they are fools," Sophie said bitterly. "They demanded to see the papers, and when I did not answer fast enough -- they were very frightening, you see -- they hurt me so that I was not awake. . . . When I opened my eyes they were still trying to find the papers. They did not understand how we organize the library, you see. They were angry and creating a bad mess. . . . The police were coming and the men decided they must leave. I shouted at them as they left: 'It is a free and public library! All you had to do was ask!”
    Trenton Lee Stewart, The Mysterious Benedict Society and the Perilous Journey

  • #6
    Trenton Lee Stewart
    “Daddy, will you take me to the mill, again?”
    Trenton Lee Stewart, The Mysterious Benedict Society

  • #7
    S.E. Hinton
    “I lie to myself all the time. But I never believe me.”
    S.E. Hinton, The Outsiders

  • #8
    S.E. Hinton
    “If you have two friends in your lifetime, you're lucky. If you have one good friend, you're more than lucky.”
    S.E. Hinton

  • #9
    S.E. Hinton
    “Can you see the sunset real good on the West side? You can see it on the East side too.”
    S.E. Hinton, The Outsiders

  • #10
    S.E. Hinton
    “Sixteen years on the streets and you can learn a lot. But all the wrong things, not the things you want to learn. Sixteen years on the streets and you see a lot. But all the wrong sights, not the things you want to see.”
    S.E. Hinton, The Outsiders

  • #11
    S.E. Hinton
    “It's okay. We aren't in the same class. Just don't forget that some of us watch the sunset too.”
    S.E. Hinton, The Outsiders

  • #12
    S.E. Hinton
    “I am a greaser. I am a JD and a hood. I blacken the name of our fair city. I beat up people. I rob gas stations. I am a menace to society. Man do I have fun!”
    S.E. Hinton, The Outsiders

  • #13
    S.E. Hinton
    “When I stepped out into the bright sunlight, from the darkness of the movie house, I had only two things on my mind: Paul Newman and a ride home...”
    S.E. Hinton

  • #14
    S.E. Hinton
    “I guess I just couldn't see standing there -- alive, talking, thinking, breathing, being -- one second, and dead the next. It really bothered me. Death by violence isn't the same as dying any other way, accident or disease or old age. It just ain't the same.”
    S.E. Hinton, That Was Then, This Is Now
    tags: death

  • #15
    S.E. Hinton
    “It seemed funny to me that the sunset she saw from her patio and the one I saw from the back steps was the same one. Maybe the two different worlds we lived in weren't so different. We saw the same sunset.”
    S.E. Hinton, The Outsiders

  • #16
    S.E. Hinton
    “I am a greaser," Sodapop chanted. "I am a JD and a hood. I blacken the name of our fair city. I beat up people. I rob gas stations. I am a menace to society. Man, do I have fun!"
    "Greaser...greaser...greaser..."Steve singsonged. "O, victim of enviornment, underprivelaged, rotton no-count hood!"
    Juvenile delinquent, you're no good!" Darry shouted.
    Get thee hence, white trash," Two-Bit said in asnobbish voice. "I am a Soc. I am the privelaged and the well-dressed. I throw beer blasts, drive fancy cars, break windows at fancy parties."
    And what do you do for fun?" I inquired in a serious, awed voice.
    I jump greasers!" Two-Bit screamed, and did a cartwheel.”
    S.E. Hinton

  • #17
    S.E. Hinton
    “Nothing sparkly can stay.”
    S.E. Hinton, The Outsiders



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