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. HintonSixteen 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. HintonIf you have two friends in your lifetime, you're lucky. If you have one good friend, you're more than lucky
S. E. HintonI advise writing to oneself. If you don't want to read it, nobody else is going to read it.
S. E. HintonI really do like listening to stuff that's happened to other people. I guess that's why I like to read.
S. E. HintonI've been thinking about it, and that poem, that guy that wrote it, he meant you're gold when you're a kid, like green. When you're a kid everything's new, dawn. It's just when you get used to everything that it's day. Like the way you dig sunsets, Pony. That's gold. Keep that way, it's a good way to be.
S. E. Hinton