S. E. Hinton Quotes and Sayings - Page 1
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“nothing can wear you out like caring about people”
-- S. E. HintonSource : S. E. Hinton (1995). “The Outsiders: That was Then, this is Now ; Rumble Fish”
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“I really do like listening to stuff that's happened to other people. I guess that's why I like to read.”
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“Maybe the two different worlds we lived in weren't so different. We saw the same sunset.”
-- S. E. HintonSource : S. E. Hinton (1995). “The Outsiders: That was Then, this is Now ; Rumble Fish”
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“There isn't any real good reason for fighting except self-defense.”
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“You still have a lot of time to make yourself be what you want. There's still lots of good in the world. Tell Dally. I don't think he knows.”
-- S. E. HintonSource : S.E. Hinton (2016). “The Outsiders 50th Anniversary Edition”, p.141, Penguin
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“I lie to myself all the time. But I never believe me.”
-- S. E. HintonSource : S. E. Hinton (2012). “That Was Then, This Is Now”, p.104, Penguin
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“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. HintonSource : S.E. Hinton (2016). “The Outsiders 50th Anniversary Edition”, p.109, Penguin
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“They grew up on the outside of society. They weren't looking for a fight. They were looking to belong.”
-- S. E. HintonSource : "The Outsiders". Taglines, www.imdb.com. March 25, 1983.
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“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”
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“It seemed funny that the sunset she saw from her patio and the one I saw from the back steps was the same one. Maybe the two worlds we lived in weren’t so different. We saw the same sunset.”
-- S. E. HintonSource : S. E. Hinton (1995). “The Outsiders: That was Then, this is Now ; Rumble Fish”
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“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 you see a lot. But all the wrong sights, not the things you want to see.”
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“Can you see the sunset real good on the West side? You can see it on the East side too.”
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“Anything you read can influence your work, so I try to read good stuff.”
-- S. E. HintonSource : Interview with Cindy Lynn Speer and Wiley Saichek, www.bookreporter.com. October 8, 2004.
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“The difference is that was then, this is now.”
-- S. E. HintonSource : Title of book (1971)
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“I advise writing to oneself. If you don't want to read it, nobody else is going to read it.”
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“When I stepped out into the bright sunlight from the darkness of the movie house, I had only two things on my mind: Paul Newman and a ride home.”
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“Movies can't ruin books. They can only ruin movies.”
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“Rat race is the perfect name for it,' she said. 'We're always going and going and going, and never asking where. Did you ever hear of having more than you wanted? So that you couldn't want anything else and then started looking for something else to want? It seems like we're always searching for something to satisfy is, and never finding it. Maybe if we could lose our cool we would.”
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“I go straight from thinking about my narrator to being him.”
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“But Dally, heaters kill people! Ya' kill 'em with switchblades to, don'tcha?”
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“Johnny almost grinned as he nodded. "Tuff enough," he managed, and by the way his eyes were glowing, I figured Southern gentlemen had nothing on Johnny Cade.”
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“...I knew he would be dead, because Dally Winston wanted to be dead and he always got what he wanted.”
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“It was too vast a problem to be just a personal thing. There should be some help, someone should tell them before it was too late. Someone should tell their side of the story, and maybe people would understand then, and wouldn’t be so quick to judge a boy by the amount of hair oil he wore.”
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“I made up my mind that I'd get out of that place and I didI learned that if you want to get somewhere, you just make up your mind and work like hell til you get there. If you want to go somewhere in life, you just have to work till you make it.”
-- S. E. HintonSource : S. E. Hinton (1995). “The Outsiders: That was Then, this is Now ; Rumble Fish”
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“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.”
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“I like having a private name and a public name. It helps keep things straight.”
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“If you have two friends in your lifetime, you're lucky. If you have one good friend, you're more than lucky”
-- S. E. HintonSource : S. E. Hinton (2012). “That Was Then, This Is Now”, p.28, Penguin
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