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

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

I gotta cut smoking or I'll never make track next year.

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

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….

Nothing sparkly can stay..

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

He sure put things into words good..

Greasers will still be greasers and Socs will still be Socs. Sometimes I think it's the ones in the middle that are really the lucky stiffs..

You get tough like me and you don't get hurt. You look out for yourself and nothin' can touch you..

I used to be sure of things. Me, once i had all the answers. I wish i was a kid again, when i had all the answers.

Okay greasers,you've had it..

Can you see the sunset real good on the West side? You can see it on the East side too..

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….

I was a tomboy and most of my close friends were male..

Things are rough all over..

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

They used to be buddies, I thought, they used to be friends, and now they hate each other because one has to work for a living and the other comes fr….

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

Anything you read can influence your work, so I try to read good stuff..

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 yo….