Nothing sparkly can stay..

We couldn't get along without him. We needed Johnny as much as he needed the gang. And for the same reason..

I go straight from thinking about my narrator to being him..

I have no idea why I write. The old standards are: I like to express my feelings, stretch my imagination, earn money..

nothing can wear you out like caring about people.

He sure put things into words good..

If you have two friends in your lifetime, you're lucky. If you have one good friend, you're more than lucky.

All my life I wanted somebody who knew more than I did to tell me the truth..

They grew up on the outside of society. They weren't looking for a fight. They were looking to belong..

Maybe the two different worlds we lived in weren't so different. We saw the same sunset..

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

Even the most primite societies have an innate resepect for the insane..

Mace, you never read Smoky the Cowhorse,did you? No. Well,ol' Smoky, he had somebad things happen to him,had the heart knocked clean out of him.But h….

My mother was physically and emotionally abusive. My father was an extremely cold man..

why do you like fights Darry~Ponyboy He just likes to show off his muscles~Sodapop.

I never base a character on someone I know. You can get ideas from real life, but every character you write is some aspect of yourself..

Suddenly it wasn't only a personal thing to me. I could picture hundreds and hundreds of boys living on the wrong sides of cities, boys with black ey….

They shouldn't hate each other . . . I don't hate the Socs any more . . . they shouldn't hate . . ..

Your mother is not crazy. Neither, contrary to popular belief, is your brother. He is merely miscast in a play. He would have made the perfect knight….

I advise writing to oneself. If you don't want to read it, nobody else is going to read it..

That's why people don't ever think to blame the Socs and are always ready to jump on us. We look hoody and they look decent. It could be just the oth….