214 Quotes by S. E. Hinton

I had it then. Soda fought for fun, Steve for hatred, Darry for pride, and Two-Bit for conformity. Why do I fight? I thought, and couldn’t think of any real good reason. There isn’t any real good reason for fighting except self-defense.

I’m not saying that either Socs or greasers are better; that’s just the way things are.

It would be a miracle if Dally loved anything. The fight for self-preservation had hardened him beyond caring.

He died violent and young and desperate, just like we all knew he’d die someday.

What’s a nice, smart kid like you running around with trash like that for?

I could never understand people being scared of things they didn’t know nothing about.

Y’all were heroes from the beginning. You just didn’t ‘turn’ all of a sudden.

My boyfriend suggested I write two pages a day. He wouldn’t take me out if I hadn’t done my two pages. That’s how I wrote my second novel.

In our neighborhood it’s rare to find a kid who doesn’t drink once in a while. But Soda never touches a drop – he doesn’t need to. He gets drunk on just plain living.