You know a guy a longtime, and I mean really know him, you don't get used to the idea that he's dead just overnight.

...I knew he would be dead, because Dally Winston wanted to be dead and he always got what he wanted.

It ain't fair that we have all the rough breaks!

I don't know why I go to school unless for kicks, oh well might as well do dissect a frog.

Asleep, he looked a lot younger than going-on-seventeen, but I had noticed that Johnny looked younger when he was asleep too, so I figured everyone did. Maybe people are younger when they are asleep.

Stay gold, Ponyboy, stay gold.

I learned that if you want to get somewhere, you just make up your mind and work like hell til you get there.